Glassmaking Guide

The Glazier Bench must be filled with at least 19 debens of glass to make any Glass Products. So, if you want to make 1 Glass Product, you must have 20 debens of glass in the bench.

Basic information

• While in operation, a Glazier's Bench follows a pattern of Heating, Maintaining, Cooling.
• Ticks or changes in temperature occur approximately every six seconds.
• Heat Cycles occur when you add Charcoal. The temperature will rise for 10 Ticks and then drop.
• While the bench is in a Heat Cycle if you add Charcoal, it will cause the temperature to spike.
• It is advisable to work in increments of 2 Charcoal to prevent drastic changes.
• Each type of glass has a working temperature and a melting temperature.
  • Melting temperature is the point at which you can melt your raw materials to make the type of glass.
  • Working temperature is the point at which you can model glass into a product.

Bench Properties

Each bench may potentially have different Heat Value and Drop Value properties. These properties are fixed when building the bench and may affect your method of operation slightly. Values that are deemed good or bad are still under research and you can add your own on the Glassmaking Discussion page. Note that depending on these values you may want to tear down your bench and build a new one.

• Heat Value (HV): The Heat Value is how much the temperature of the bench increases total over a heat cycle started by adding 2 charcoal.
  • To calculate the HV, add 2 charcoal, and record the temperature changes. For example, you may see the temperature increase as follows: 0, 14, 28, 42, 56, 0. The HV of this bench would be 56.

• Drop Value (DV): The Drop Value is how far the temperature falls per Tick, when the bench is Cooling.
  • To calculate the DV, get the temperature of the bench to spike, and then record the temperature drops. For example, if you add 2 Charcoal, wait 1 Tick, and then add 2 more, you may see the temperature changes as follows: 0, 14, 42, 70, 98, 112, 1368, 1211, 1054, 897, 740, 583, ... In this case, the DV is 157.

Method of operation

Initial Heating

Heat your bench initially with Charcoal (CC). To obtain a quick reliable spike you will need to add 2 CC every time you see the temperature rise on the bench for 1 Tick (step). If you do not wait for the temperature to rise, you will need more steps to reach the proper melting point. After the steps are executed, the temperature will continue rising slowly for 1 to 2 minutes and then spike 1000 degrees upwards. The amount of steps needed for each type of glass is listed below.

Glass Type	Amount of steps	Spike Temperature
Soda Glass	5 steps	~3500
Normal Glass	5 steps	~3500
Jewel Glass	unknown	unknown

Maintenance

1. As the bench drops below the maximum working temperature, begin making your products.
2. When the temperature of the bench plus its Heat Value is below the maximum working temperature, add 2 CC to start a Heat Cycle.
3. Continue the process of adding 2 CC to begin a Heat Cycle after every temperature drop.
4. Do not create any additional products as the temperature of the bench minus its Drop Value approaches the minimum working temperature.
5. When you have no product cooling, add 2 CC to the bench, wait for the next step and then add 2 CC more. This spike will bring the bench near or above the maximum working temperature.
6. Repeat the process of letting the bench cool to the working zone and start the Maintenance again.

Discussion

See: Talk:Glassmaking_Guide

Related Pages

• Glazier's Bench
• Glass Products