Well, I'll be damned:

Video:
http://uniquevids.blogspot.com/2007/...-scissors.html

"HeyBub" wrote in
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http://uniquevids.blogspot.com/2007/...ith-scissors.h
tml



WTF?

OK, who's gonna vouch for this one...aka, tried it. Come-on Bub!

"HeyBub" wrote:
Well, I'll be damned:

Video:
http://uniquevids.blogspot.com/2007/...-scissors.html

Looks like a good way to slice up your fingers.

Jon

On Sep 11, 5:28 pm, "HeyBub" wrote:
Well, I'll be damned:

Video:http://uniquevids.blogspot.com/2007/...-with-scissors...

Well if the frozen beer thing works, then just maybe...

Al Bundy wrote:
"HeyBub" wrote in
:

http://uniquevids.blogspot.com/2007/...ith-scissors.h
tml



WTF?

OK, who's gonna vouch for this one...aka, tried it. Come-on Bub!

I saw it on the internet!

I learnt this trick the 50's from an article in the Australian
Post, Pix or People Magazines where it was recommended for the
home handyman to cut glass for replacing glass in domestic
louver windows. However, I assumed it only worked with the
thinner glass they used in those days but admit I haven't yet
tried it with today's thicker domestic glass. I may experiment
now though.




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PS to clarify yes I have done it but only with the old style
thin louver glass.

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Regards
Blue

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See
http://www.spectrumglass.com/Library...FishStory.html

"According to Scientific American, water causes glass to crack
more easily because when a water molecule enters the crack, a
reaction occurs in which a silicon-oxygen bond at the crack and
an oxygen-hydrogen bond in the water are cleaved, creating two
hydroxyl groups attached to silicon. As a result, the length of
the crack grows by the size of one bond rupture. The water
reaction reduces the energy necessary to break the
silicon-oxygen bonds, thus the crack grows faster."

--
Regards
Blue

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"From the book The Farmer's New Guide, 1893

How to Cut Glass - It is not generally known that glass may be
cut, under water, with a strong pair of scissors. If a round or
oval be required, take a piece of common window glass, draw the
shape upon it in a black line; sink it with your left hand under
water as deep as you can without interfering with the view of
the line, and with your right use the scissors to cut away what
is not required."
http://www.backroadhome.com/how-to-cut-glass.html


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Regards
Blue

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And I had always assumed that the water was a safety measure to
stop any shards flicking up into the eyes.

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Regards
Blue

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"HeyBub" wrote in
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Al Bundy wrote:
"HeyBub" wrote in
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http://uniquevids.blogspot.com/2007/...-with-scissors
.h tml



WTF?

OK, who's gonna vouch for this one...aka, tried it. Come-on Bub!

I saw it on the internet!




Ohhhhhhh! No need to try it. It must be true.

"aussiblu" wrote in news:NIRFi.34410$4A1.23903
@news-server.bigpond.net.au:

See
http://www.spectrumglass.com/Library...FishStory.html

"According to Scientific American, water causes glass to crack
more easily because when a water molecule enters the crack, a
reaction occurs in which a silicon-oxygen bond at the crack and
an oxygen-hydrogen bond in the water are cleaved, creating two
hydroxyl groups attached to silicon. As a result, the length of
the crack grows by the size of one bond rupture. The water
reaction reduces the energy necessary to break the
silicon-oxygen bonds, thus the crack grows faster."



Uhhhhh, yeaaaaaah. Uh huh. But the real reason is because HeyBub saw it on
the internet.

On 11 Sep, 18:28, "HeyBub" wrote:
Well, I'll be damned:

Video:http://uniquevids.blogspot.com/2007/...-with-scissors...


And now for the other side of the story


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBMtbVonAIg

On Sep 11, 5:28 pm, "HeyBub" wrote:
Well, I'll be damned:

Video:http://uniquevids.blogspot.com/2007/...-with-scissors...

I would think that leaded glass makers would know about this too as it
seems like a very handy technique for cutting the small shapes.

aussiblu wrote:
"From the book The Farmer's New Guide, 1893

How to Cut Glass - It is not generally known that glass may be
cut, under water, with a strong pair of scissors. If a round or
oval be required, take a piece of common window glass, draw the
shape upon it in a black line; sink it with your left hand under
water as deep as you can without interfering with the view of
the line, and with your right use the scissors to cut away what
is not required."
http://www.backroadhome.com/how-to-cut-glass.html

Well, if it's on the internet...

DerbyDad03 wrote in
oups.com:

On 11 Sep, 18:28, "HeyBub" wrote:
Well, I'll be damned:

Video:http://uniquevids.blogspot.com/2007/...glass-with-sci
ssors...


And now for the other side of the story


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBMtbVonAIg



Hmmm, then maybe a lightbulb would be better ya think?

On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:28:41 -0500, "HeyBub"
wrote:

Well, I'll be damned:

Video:
http://uniquevids.blogspot.com/2007/...-scissors.html


I'm not going to waste my time waiting for the video to download
because I already know that EVERYTHING posted on Blogspot is a waste
of bandwidth and everyone's time.

wrote:

I'm not going to waste my time waiting for the video to download
because I already know that EVERYTHING posted on Blogspot is a waste
of bandwidth and everyone's time.

In future, when using the word "bandwidth," please abbreviate it as
"bndwth," thereby saving precious bndwth.

Thnk yu.

According to HeyBub :
Well, I'll be damned:

Video:
http://uniquevids.blogspot.com/2007/...-scissors.html

Heh.

It actually is for real. What's not obvious is that they're
not "cutting" the glass. They're chipping it.

The scissors are chipping bits off the edge. The water is there
to deaden the shock and thereby prevent the rest of the glass
from shattering.

Stained glass artisans do the same thing using glass nibblers,
but those don't need water, because they're taking off such
small pieces.

You can't cut through the middle of a sheet of glass using
that method. Cutting with scissors requires that the cut
material has to bend. Glass won't bend enough - it'll break
first.

Except when in a near molten state - some glassblowers _do_ use
"scissors".
--
Chris Lewis,

Age and Treachery will Triumph over Youth and Skill
It's not just anyone who gets a Starship Cruiser class named after them.