timtheenchanteruk Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 any one know where I might be able to hire some preferable plastic, or similar material "scientific equipment" think panto, and mad scientist type thing... Im looking for plastic, just incase it gets broken, dancer/sunbeams-bare feet etc.If it doesnt exist, I can probably borrow some standard pyrex stuff from work. now the biggie, a comically large volumetric or conical flask, this needs to be able to hold a drinkable liquid, looked at buying one, but dont have £300 to spare right now!!! any ideas?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 now the biggie, a comically large volumetric or conical flask, this needs to be able to hold a drinkable liquid, any ideas?? While wandering round the shops today (bored, waiting for the wife to choose something) I saw some big glass vases that were that sort of shape, with dried flowers in them. Can't remember which shop it was - one of several on a retail park - might have been TK Maxx or BM Stores... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jivemaster Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 quickdig on ebay had a 2l conical flask atm. I search for Lab Glass if I need something. Get a few yards of clear plastic hose fill it with a food colouring solution and blow air through it with a fish tank pump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyJ Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 :unsure: As an ex ou student, I have a variety of lab glassware including a kipps apparatus gas generator which would look great on your set.The problem is that they are all glass.You will find plastic lab flasks are horrendously expensive,being twice or three times dearer than the glass flasks.You are more than welcome to borrow the glassware I have,but they will need picking up from Derby.You could also try philip harris scientific or eurolab supplies.If you contact the manufacturers of pyrex they do occasionally do samples but again they would be glass.Pyrex do or did a range of flasks that contain any glass particles should brerakage occur.Hope this helps Roy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedd Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Somewhere back in the dawn of time when I was at primary school, all the beakers were plastic (unfortunately quite opaque I seem to remember). There were some interesting looking long thin ones used for measuring, as well as normal lab flask ones. Have a look in toy shops for test tubes. I've seen those "indestructable bubbles" in test tube shaped containers before, and there was also a toy back in the 90's where you could make horror style sweets - jelly brains and that sort of thing. Doctor Dreadful was it? They always came with test tubes and stuff. Again all plastic. Having done Jekyll and Hyde as well, fish tank air pumps make nice frothing solutions. Just run the pipe up the back then down into the coloured water. Turn on and away you go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timtheenchanteruk Posted January 5, 2011 Author Share Posted January 5, 2011 cheers, Im going shopping for a flask type vase at the weekend, managed to secure some glassware etc from school (work)I have been allowed to drill a couple holes in the base of the retort stands so they can be screwed down, that should manage the risk well enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timtheenchanteruk Posted January 8, 2011 Author Share Posted January 8, 2011 just wanted to add, also managed to get 1L measuring cylinder I plastic from work for the large thibg, being long and narrow it should be suitably panto... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jivemaster Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 http://www.rapidonline.com/Educational-Products/Science/Laboratory-Equipment/Kipp-39-s-apparatus/122497/kw/kipps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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