Lab glassware in GTA?

[JohnnyP636]

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I am looking for a store that sells lab glass ware to the public, specifically I am looking for a 500ml vacuum flask with a 500ml Buchner funnel. The only place I can find online that is actually in Toronto and not an online store, is the UOFT med store, but you have to be a student or a medical professional to buy from them which I am neither. Which sucks because their online store shows them in stock and they are cheap

Anyways really appreciate if anyone could let me know a local source for this stuff, hopefully a store I can just drive to and pick the stuff up...

Thanks

 

[RockerGuy]

Cooking up some meth Johnny??

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[JohnnyP636]

Cooking up some meth Johnny??

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Can I make meth with this stuff? If so Im in, I hear the profit is great if you cook your own, and I watched the whole Breaking Bad series so Im sure I can handle distribution and killing people

Im separating the solids and particles from a cooling liquid through a filter, gravity alone it takes hours, with a vac flask it can be done in minutes.....So Im just trying to speed up my process

 

[RockerGuy]

Can I make meth with this stuff? If so Im in, I hear the profit is great if you cook your own, and I watched the whole Breaking Bad series so Im sure I can handle distribution and killing people

Im separating the solids and particles from a cooling liquid through a filter, gravity alone it takes hours, with a vac flask it can be done in minutes.....So Im just trying to speed up my process

Sorry Johnny can't help, but free bump.

If I was you I'd make my own. Not that hard

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[jc100]

Call the Fisher scientific rep for your area or the VWR rep. The stuff usually has to be ordered unless you can purchase from a University department stores. I don't think glassware is restricted but bear in mind the stuff is probably way more expensive than you are expecting. Occasionally there are guys that deal in used glassware from defunct research groups but I don't know any for your area sorry. Best bet is to call the closest chemistry department to you and ask.

 

[JohnnyP636]

Sorry Johnny can't help, but free bump.

If I was you I'd make my own. Not that hard

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Yes worst case Id make something, but they are under $100 and readily available, just cant seem to find a local store....Tons on Ebay and online but I dont feel like ordering it....And its for work so Id like to have a real one

 

[jc100]

Look here too, http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/canada-english.html usually more expensive than either fisher or VWR. You will also need to specify whether you want the ceramic Büchner funnel you need filter papers for or if you need a sintered glass filter. If it's the latter you need to specify the porosity of the sintered glass. If you like you can shoot me a PM and I'll help. Depending on what you're filtering you can foul the sintered glass funnels really easily. Best to use a filter aid in those cases.

 

[Sunspark]

Why don't you offer to a student to powder coat them something small in exchange for glassware purchases.

Glassware is not restricted, but unusual shapes are hard to come by. One I will want to pick up eventually one day is the one that drips upside down. Why? So I can make shellac. The stuff in a can often has additives. But if you use absolutely pure distilled alcohol you can make perfect shellac by adding flakes and dissolving.

(Shellac is for sealing wood and giving it a nice finish.)

 

[JohnnyP636]

Call the Fisher scientific rep for your area or the VWR rep. The stuff usually has to be ordered unless you can purchase from a University department stores. I don't think glassware is restricted but bear in mind the stuff is probably way more expensive than you are expecting. Occasionally there are guys that deal in used glassware from defunct research groups but I don't know any for your area sorry. Best bet is to call the closest chemistry department to you and ask.

Thanks I'll see what they say
As for cost my CNC machine the fluid is for cost $275,000, so Im not too concerned about the price of a little pyrex glass. Ive seen water bongs down town that look almost like what I need for $100 LOL

 

[JohnnyP636]

Why don't you offer to a student to powder coat them something small in exchange for glassware purchases.

Glassware is not restricted, but unusual shapes are hard to come by. One I will want to pick up eventually one day is the one that drips upside down. Why? So I can make shellac. The stuff in a can often has additives. But if you use absolutely pure distilled alcohol you can make perfect shellac by adding flakes and dissolving.

(Shellac is for sealing wood and giving it a nice finish.)

I would certainly do that, or even if they dont need any work Id pay them a small fee for their help. I just dont know anyone in school right now, not off the top of my head anyways, unless someone here wants to help?

What I need isnt very rare, basically just a regular flask with a built in nipple for vac at the stem, a rubber stopper, and a buchner funnel

This one shows a hand pump vac, but I dont need that I already have an electric vac

 

[jc100]

How viscous is CNC fluid and what size particles are in it (I guess it's metal dust?). If you need to remove really tiny particles you can pack the Büchner funnel with diatomaceous earth (filtraid) as long as the liquid runs pretty easily. The fisher and VWR stuff can be sent in a day or so. Bear in mind that the set up in your pic has a rubber collar to make the vacuum seal, if the fluid corrodes rubber choose ground glass joints instead because it will splash.

 

[JohnnyP636]

How viscous is CNC fluid and what size particles are in it (I guess it's metal dust?). If you need to remove really tiny particles you can pack the Büchner funnel with diatomaceous earth (filtraid) as long as the liquid runs pretty easily. The fisher and VWR stuff can be sent in a day or so. Bear in mind that the set up in your pic has a rubber collar to make the vacuum seal, if the fluid corrodes rubber choose ground glass joints instead because it will splash.

Yeah Id prefer the glass joints if I can find them, even thou the fluid wont degrade rubber. I also see if you go that route you can then also get a glass buchner funnel instead of ceramic I believe the off white ones are? And you can also get them with the vac nipple in the stem of the funnel instead of the flask

 

[AdRath]

I'd have to take a look if I'm down on queen with some extra time but a shot in the dark is Active Surplus. I've seen lab glass wear there but no idea if it has the right connections you need. That place is a gold mine for stuff. Give them a call and see if they have something kicking around.

http://www.activesurplus.com/en/products.html

 

[jc100]

Those are good and you can use them with regular (non vac) erlenmeyers (conical flasks). Only downside is their price because those sinters can break easy after a while. If you know a glass blower they can be fixed relatively easily otherwise they are pricey replacements. Sinters can get clogged easily too which is why I mentioned the filter aid, we clean them with some really nasty stuff when they need it, chromic acid or concentrated nitric and sulphuric acid mixed together. If you have reasonably big particles and a good flowing liquid you can just get by with a fine to medium porosity filter though.

 

[jc100]

Sorry...should clarify, the erlenmeyer you use with the funnel you showed still needs to be thick walled to cope with vacuum, it just doesn't need the side arm. Don't get a thin walled one, it will implode.

 

[crankcall]

Efston science < online store based in North York, Fisher, PharmCanada , I got some stuff at a U brew, is there a filter system available industrially? you cant be the only guy with a need to filter CNC cooling.

 

[crankcall]

I gots a question. I'm guessing if your running a router with cooling its got to be a big Shoda, Thermwood, Weeke or some other high duty cycle brand, what the heck is getting into your cooling circuit that needs filtered out? That's usually a pretty well sealed system until something breaks no?

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