Bake Some Bakelite

Dream it.

Make it.

Try it.

Fix it.

Where is the finished product?

Well, it didn’t work quite the way I hoped. The glass vile shattered while it was being heated because the pressure was too high. Luckily it was in the fume hood and an extra plexiglass guard. I had a pair of tongs holding it; so no injuries. The polymerized product essentially shattered.

Sometimes experiments don’t work out, and there is a lot to be learned in those experiences too. That’s the iterative process!