Greg Esres wrote:

3 ft x 5 ft frame with 1/4" glass over a window. I want to be able to
pull it off fairly easily and quickly, hence the preference not to
require a tool to remove it.

As the old saying goes, "You can't get there from here."

Unless the glass is in a vertical plane, it will probably break if you
look at it cross eyed.

If the glass pane is vertical, the weight is such that unless you are
a trained gorilla, even wing nuts won't get the job done.

Just curious, what is the objection to using some kind of tool?

Lew