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I was reading an old glass trade journal from 1978 and found a surprising fact
It said that back then, a master glassblower in the Corning area could make about 30 simple tumblers in a single hour. I always thought production was much slower, even for basic items. It really makes you think about the skill and speed that was expected before a lot of modern tools were common. Has anyone else come across old stats or methods that made you rethink how things were done?
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angela435mo ago
@skylerbell that's honestly wild to think about. 30 tumblers an hour with just a team passing glass? No way that's sustainable unless they had some serious precision. I always figured hand blown stuff was way slower, like maybe 10 an hour tops.
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kelly.jenny6mo ago
My grandpa worked at a glass factory in West Virginia in the 60s. He said the real trick was the team setup, where one guy would just gather the molten glass and pass it off, so the blower never stopped moving. That system is why the numbers were so high.
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