Facilities/Glass
The glass shop is located in the Center for the Visual Arts, room 207. The 8628 square foot complex includes a spacious, window lined common work area and hot shop, 600 square foot cold shop, a large kiln room, secure spacious graduate studios, individual undergraduate major work areas, and a designated plaster room. The shop includes two glass blowing stations fed off one furnace, multiple casting ovens, and a well equipped finishing area.
Hot Shop
2 350 lb. Capacity invested crucible furnaces
1 100 lb. Color melting invested crucible furnace
2 IFB glory holes
Garage
Glass blowing hand tools
Sandbox Casting ladles and tools
15 Ovens for casting, annealing fusing and slumping
Cold Shop
2 30" lap wheels
1 18" lap wheel
2 water cooled diamond saws (14",10")
1 20" oil cooled diamond saw (self feed)
Diamond band saw
Wet belt sander
Merker lathe w/assorted diamond wheels and stones
Drill press
Pumice and Cerium polishing wheels
Pneumatic grinders
2 24" Rociprolaps®
2 Sand blast cabinets
Flame Shop
1 Carlisle bench torch
6 Minor bench torches
4 National hand torches
1 Bethlehem Lab Lathe
1 Litton Engineering lab lathe
Other
Oxy/Acetylene rig (cutting, welding, heating)
MIG Welder
Vertical Metal band saw
Horizontal Metal band saw
Wood band saw
Compound miter saw
Milling/Drilling machine
Metal Lathe
Misc. hand tools