Glass is an amorphous, non-crystalline solid. Because it is often transparent and chemically inert, glass has found widespread practical, technological and decorative use in window panes, tableware and optics. Some common objects made of glass are named after the material, for example a glass for drinking, glasses for vision correction and a magnifying glass. Glass is most often formed by rapid cooling of a molten form, and it is a working material of the glassblowing and stained glass crafts.
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1. Glass (Wikipedia)
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Soda-lime glass, containing around 70% silica, accounts for around 90% of modern manufactured glass.
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Lathes are used in woodturning, metalworking, metal spinning, thermal spraying, reclamation, and glass-working.
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Warm glass is rolled on the marver, both to shape it and as a means of temperature control.
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A computer numerical control (CNC) router is a computer-controlled cutting machine which typically mounts a hand-held router as a spindle which is used for cutting various materials, such as wood, composites, metals, plastics, glass, and foams.
Putty knife (Wikipedia)
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A putty knife is a specialized tool used when glazing single glazed windows, to work putty around the edges of each pane of glass.
Glass breaker (Wikipedia)
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A glass breaker is a hand tool designed to break through window glass in an emergency.
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used to gather and blow the molten glass in making hollowware
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an iron rod used in glassmaking for handling the hot glass
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on which a mass of molten glass is rolled and shaped in glassmaking
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a tool for cutting glass
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