Marble Maker Reno Ohio

Mccullough a retired marble master will do the job for free.

Marble maker reno ohio.

Akron oh 1911 1914 then moved to clarksburg wv 1914 1951. The company produces rolled glass which is used in windows lamps etc. Jabo is the last marble maker in ohio. Filmed in 2004 at the jabo vitro marble co.

1987 to present types. Akro agate company location. The collectors put up the money to run the beat up furnace for one last time. See it while this old timer is still around to do it.

He s a real hoot and you ll be fascinated watching him make glass marbles. Mccullough a retired marble. Hillybilly marble maker sam hogue. Mccullough hopes to produce up to 120 000 one inch marbles for a group of collectors from across the united states and canada.

The kokomo opalescent glass company was founded in 1888 in kokomo indiana and continues to operate today. In the late 1930s kokomo purchased a marble making machine from peltier glass company and used it to produce marbles made from the glass rejected in their rolling process. Co founder dave mccullough formerly of champion agate produced several limited runs each year marketed as classics which are unique and collectible. Is the new kid on the block who began producing industrial marbles in 1987.

Working with molten glass is quickly becoming a lost art. If america had the good sense to establish a living treasures roster as japan and other countries have david mccullough along with such great. If you re anywhere near northwest west virginia take a side trip to this guy s home and workshop. If you re a contemporary marble maker and you have a website you want me to include with your photos then please email me.

Mike goes to hawaii to learn how to make dirt shirts at the original dirt shirt company. See how glass toy marbles are made. Then he heads off to reno ohio to learn how to make marbles. Today jabo operates out of reno ohio and has become something of a pilgrimage site thanks to far seeing marble collectors who recognized the genius of jabo s marble maker david mccullough.