Watlow Helps Glass Blowing Furnace Manufacturer Save on Utilities Most professional glass blowers are artists, first and foremost. Their creative output is high, but most run small businesses operating on modest budgets. For many glass blowers, the cost of gas and electric utilities to run high- temperature, glass-melting furnaces can be the most expensive aspect of their business. Steve Stadelman, a machinist by training, started blowing glass as a hobby in the mid 1990s. To feed that hobby, Stadelman built himself a glass blowing furnace he used to create a variety of glass pieces - mostly for fun. "I built it with a heating element that worked well, but I didn't know much about it," Stadelman says. "I soon found out that the heating element is one thing, but controlling the heating syst

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