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PSA: The sound of a good glass score is something you don't forget
When I was an apprentice, an old glazier taught me to listen for a crisp hiss when scoring. (He said it meant the cut was true.) Now with automated tools, that sound is rare. But last month, on a retrofit job, my electric scorer quit. Using the old method, I finished the pane clean, and it brought back why I love this trade.
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lucasw844d ago
My buddy Carl was replacing a broken pane in his old community college greenhouse last fall. His carbide wheel was totally shot, so he dug out his granddad's hand cutter as a last resort. When he made that first score, he said the crackle was so sharp it made the hair on his arms stand up, lol. He told me it was a totally different feeling from just pulling a trigger on a power tool. Finishing that clean break by hand after years of auto-scorers gave him a quiet kind of pride. It's cool how those old skills still have a place, man.
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skyler_robinson24d ago
My last hand cut looked like a toddler did it, honestly.
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