3D printed designs meant as accessories for scientific glassblowing.
Designed using solidworks, with generated STL files for your convinience.
Download the STL files and use them in your own 3D printer or with a 3D printing service, such as craftcloud.
For holding parts in the saw.
For holding parts in the torch.
For holding tubestock in the saw at certain angles.
Ideas by Lauren Aria.
3D Designs by Sebastian Thompson and Sam Shields.
Many scientific and artistic glass applications require tubing or components cut at precise, repeatable angles. This project delivers a low-cost, 3D-printable fixture—requiring only basic hardware and a sacrificial backplate—that anyone with a 3D printer can assemble.
Versions 3 and 4 improve upon earlier prototypes by offering angle locking mechanisms and fine-tuned linear adjustments, all while retaining high accuracy and precision.
3D Designs and ideas by Ashot Tumaghyan and Adam Kennedy at University of Texas at Austin