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  1. Dec 4, 2018, 05:17 PM #1
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    Pouring glass into thin glass strands - GIF and photo

    Pouring glass into thin glass strands. The end product is similar to Pele's hair - naturally occurring volcanic glass fibers.



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    Well that's cool. I've been experimenting with making fibreglass. But I've just been manually pulling out molten glass into strands with a screwdriver.

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    Nice post Jon. The Pele Hair is a good rabbit hole...never knew that. Cool!



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