It’s time to make some fall glass. Today at noon I started up the glass furnace. It’s a slow process: it takes 8 hours to heat from 100F to 900F at 100F/hour, then 16 hours to get to 1300F at 25F/hour, and then a further 6 hours to reach holding temp of 1900F.

Once it’s at 1900F, I’ll start charging with raw glass batch. The batch I use is Spruce Pine, or SP87 which is the classic batch for glassblowers. I should have a fresh pot of clear glass early next week. Then it’s time to make some nice things.