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  2. Cylinder blown sheet glass - Wikipedia

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    Blenko Glass Company used this method to make flat glass during the 20th century, but it used a process patented by William Blenko that used molds for the cylinder to enable consistency in the size of the glass. In Blenko's case, slight imperfections were desired for the purpose of giving the flat glass the appearance of antique glass.

  3. Wax carving - Wikipedia

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    To illustrate the usefulness of this type of wax, if one were to get a candle, mount it on a lathe and feed a tool into it, the wax would slough off like butter, stick to the tool and make a mess. Hard wax, on the other hand, will machine more like soft aluminum, giving fine edges and a fine finish if worked properly.

  4. Hood mould - Wikipedia

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    In architecture, a hood mould, hood, label mould (from Latin labia, lip), drip mould or dripstone [1] is an external moulded projection from a wall over an opening to throw off rainwater, historically often in form of a pediment.

  5. History of candle making - Wikipedia

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    The early candles were produced using a number of methods: dipping or drawing the wick in molten fat or wax repeatedly until it reached the desired size, building the candle by hand by rolling soft wax around a wick, or pouring fat or wax onto a wick to build up the candle. [21] [22] The use of moulds was a 14th-century development. [21]

  6. Glass casting - Wikipedia

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    Sand casting involves the use of hot molten glass poured directly into a preformed mould. [5] It is a process similar to casting metal into a mould. The sand mould is typically prepared by using a mixture of clean sand and a small proportion of the water-absorbing clay bentonite. Bentonite acts as a binding material.

  7. Candle wick - Wikipedia

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    Wick of a candle Candle wick in a candle. A candle wick or lamp wick is usually made of braided cotton that holds the flame of a candle or oil lamp. A candle wick works by capillary action, conveying ("wicking") the fuel to the flame. When the liquid fuel, typically melted candle wax, reaches the flame it then vaporizes and combusts.

  8. Float glass - Wikipedia

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    Use of float glass at Crystal Palace railway station, London. Float glass is a sheet of glass made by floating molten glass on a bed of molten metal of a low melting point, typically tin, [1] although lead was used for the process in the past. [2] This method gives the sheet uniform thickness and a very flat surface. [3]

  9. Candle - Wikipedia

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    The candles were produced using a number of methods: dipping the wick in molten fat or wax, rolling the candle by hand around a wick, or pouring fat or wax onto a wick to build up the candle. In the 14th century Sieur de Brez introduced the technique of using a mould, but real improvement for the efficient production of candles with mould was ...

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