Welcome to Yankee Glassblower Inc.! Looking for quality award winning glass products? Well look no further! Yankee Glassblower is a scientific glassblowing company that has been serving local and international scientific communities with all their scientific glass needs since 1968. Based out of Carlisle, Massachusetts where their two primary artists, Patrick DeFlorio and assistant Emile Munschy, hand craft all of the products to their clients’ specifications. Patrick, the president of the company, personally designs and crafts all metal moulds and glass items to perfection. Yankee Glassblower prides itself on being environmentally friendly.
Yankee Glasblower does not use any dangerous chemicals like hydrochloric acid when cleaning glass products. That means Yankee Glassblower provide amazing quality scientific glass without harming the Earth. The team is proud to have worked with major schools like: MIT, University of Connecticut, Harvard University, and Columbia University.
Hey College Professors! Looking to replace that broken lab equipment? Yankee Glassblower can repair any of your broken beakers or cylinders. Yankee Glassblower does its own metal work too! The team is especially good at metal to glass seals using Platinum and Tungsten, fully experienced in crafting well over ten thousand perfect glass to metal seals (these electronic tubes had two Kovar seals and a tolerance held within .010”).

Platinum Conductivity Cell compared in size with a dime.
Yankee Glassblower works with a variety of glass types including Pyrex, Kimax, Duran, Fused Silica and Vycor, Corning7052, Schott8250, Lime, Lead glass, and Uranium glass. No project is too big or too small! Yankee Glassblower has been recognized nationally and internationally for their superior craftsmanship and design including recognition by the prestigious British Scientific Glassblowers Society.
They utilize the best in scientific glass blowing and crafting equipment:
- Glass lathes to repair up to 72L flask with a 32” swing
- Annealing oven with a microprocessor control for repeatable annealing
- Engine lathe
- BridgeportWet saws for cutting glass
- Spot welder
- Induction heater (Capable of making glass to metal seals and sealing windows on the end of cylinders with little decision)
Yankee glassblower also specializes in diverse glass seals such as Hermetic Sealing. Through years of experience Yankee glass can deliver glass to metal seals and glass to glass seals without leaks. Guaranteed! They have sealed plastic assemblies in glass for liquid level indicators and metal components for corrosion studies by major scientific groups! They test all vacuum ware with a Tesla coil to detect leaks.
They also have an amazing in house prototype machine shop. This means that they have the skills and equipment necessary to craft the molds and fixtures for the most precise fabrication possible! Need assembly on location? No problem. With advanced booking Yankee Glassblower’s President and primary craftsman Patrick DeFlorio can assemble your order at your place of business.
Yankee Glassblower guarantees the perfection of all products they craft and ship out. In some locations they can even bring it to you, no fear of breaking in transit. Not close to the shop, no problem. They utilize all major shipping companies to get your order to you safe and secure.