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The Glass BenchNumbered sheets on glass pipes, from the torch bench to the wholesale crate

ProtocolSheets 10Logged 06/10/2026

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Forms and fittings

The catalogue of shapes and hardware: spoons, hammers, chillums, bubblers, beakers, bowls, downstems, ash catchers and the ground joints that hold a piece together.

§ 1 Sheets of this station

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A glass shop counter at midday, four forms of borosilicate pipe laid in a row on a dark mat, a spoon, a hammer, a chillum and a bat, with a softbox light from the left and a cardboard case pack open behind them.
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Spoon, Hammer, Chillum, Bat: What Each Form Asks

One form at a time: what a spoon, hammer, chillum and bat do for the hand, what each costs the shop to carry, and how many belong in a first order.

1,356 words · 6 min

A glass counter tray of 14 mm bowls and downstems under warm shop light, a shopkeeper's hand lifting one bowl by the joint, shallow depth of field.
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Bowl, Downstem, Ash Catcher: Wear Parts to Stock

Bowls, downstems and ash catchers wear out first on a glass pipe. Here is how many spares a counter keeps and how a shop sets its reorder point.

1,365 words · 6 min

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FM-0021,356 words
FM-0011,493 words
FM-0031,365 words