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You can just break it off yourself. Okay? Keep turning

You can just break it off yourself.Okay? Keep turning. To make these fiber optics, I'm...

Blown Away • S03E03 • 2019

You can just break it off yourself.
Okay? Keep turning. To make these fiber optics, I'm going to string a piece of hot glass
all the way across the hot shop. The strings become so thin because you're pulling
at such a high temperature so quickly. And that's actually
how fiber optics are made. Boom. [John M] With this, I can either
make all the individual components, and then once they've cooled,
I can glue them together. But I would like to assemble this hot. {\an8}Okay, flash. So when I have the glass hot
and I put them together, I can actually bend
parts of the fingers and the hands so they really cup the phone mirror
in the right way. It will feel the most natural. This is a huge risk because if it falls off the pipe,
I lose everything. Flash. Glassblowers,
there's only six minutes left. {\an8}[suspenseful music playing] {\an8}Flip. Paddle on the lip on time

Full Transcript

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You can just break it off yourself. Okay? Keep turning.

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To make these fiber optics,

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I'm going to string a piece of hot glass all the way across the hot shop.

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The strings become so thin

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because you're pulling at such a high temperature so quickly.

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And that's actually how fiber optics are made.

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Boom.

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[John M] With this, I can either make all the individual components,

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and then once they've cooled, I can glue them together.

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But I would like to assemble this hot.

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{\an8}Okay, flash.

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So when I have the glass hot and I put them together,

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I can actually bend parts of the fingers and the hands

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so they really cup the phone mirror in the right way.

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It will feel the most natural.

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This is a huge risk

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because if it falls off the pipe, I lose everything.

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Flash.

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Glassblowers, there's only six minutes left.

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{\an8}[suspenseful music playing]

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{\an8}Flip.

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Paddle on the lip on time.

Duration

54 seconds

Views

61

Timestamp in Movie

00:17:11

Uploaded

Jun 16, 2025

Season

3

Episode

3

Genres

Production

Produzioni Associate Delphos

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Movie Summary

A reality show featuring glass blowers from around the world competing to be the best. One artist is dismissed after each episode/challenge.