Okiemarble Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 Can someone give me the deffinition of ingot / double ingot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 An ingot is a measure of glass equal to the size (mass) of the marble intended to be produced. It is normally sheared and put on rollers to impart the round shape. A "double ingot" occurs when (usually) two separate measures of glass intended to form two separate marble stick together and get rolled into one. The result usually has a clearly defined hemisphere where they came together. Almost all of these came from factory digs. Here are a two examples of double ingots: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okiemarble Posted March 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 Thank you for your quick response, we need all the help we can get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 Here are a few more. Note that most DIs are misshapen: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okiemarble Posted March 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 Those are neat, how common are they? How big can they get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 Those are neat, how common are they? How big can they get? Akro DIs are generally around 3/4" or so. I have a well-rounded one that is well over an inch...but those are rare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moremarbles4me Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 Great explanation Alan and some very nice examples. Charles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SplattmanSS Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 Here's a Jabo double ingot..... Great pics Alan.. S~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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