Hand Crafted Incandescent Light
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RADIAL LIGHT BULB
Creation process of a big incandescent light bulb. Tube diameter is 120mm and full lenth of the glass envelope is 650mm.
Year:
2016
Project:
Vacuum (no gas inside) incandescent light bulb
Filament assembly. Glass cups attached to a rod
Flame annealing
3 glass rods has been attached to a cup
All rods were cut ot fit envelope inner size
Filament assembly glass work is completed
Bulb filament installation
Attaching base tube to a big envelope tube
Filament assembly inside envelope tube. Ready to be attached together
Preparing the setup on glass lathe
Light bulb is almost ready - flame annealing process
Light bulb before pumping. My hand for a scale
Unfortunately during the vacuum pumping I have discovered that there is a leak in the seal, so I had to saw off the seal, and rebuild the lamp
Glass metal seal
Bulb after seal repair, connected to a vaccum post
Finished big light bulb
Glowing! Common light bulb for a scale
Lamp lower section closeup
Upper section glow
Next project - "RING BULB"
