Silly question, for sure…
I have a 2x by 3x ft piece of glass that I need to get rid of. I hate glass. It currently covers a watercolor painting. I plan to cut a new mat and cover with plexiglass.
Just trying to get rid of the glass.
How do I break it to get rid of it?
“He said “Buck up baby, it’s okay. The sunlight on the floor will always fall.” ~ Sarah Harmer
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hand it to one of my kids?
how'd I become the glass breaking expert ...
Jeff
Buck Construction
Artistry In Carpentry
Pittsburgh Pa
Well, I was pretty sure you loved the sound of breaking glass...lol. Truthfully tho, I didn't mean to direct the post to you.
FR: be tryin to be very neat while breaking a piece of glass....
"He said "Buck up baby, it's okay. The sunlight on the floor will always fall." ~ Sarah Harmer
duct tape.
see ... U did come to the right place.
make an X ...
then top, bottom and both sides.
Got a box big enough for it to kinda fit in ... set it in the cardboard box ...
look away ... and drop a brick ... or whatever ... on it.
tip that box into a smaller box ... then put that box into a heavy duty garbage bag.
wearing shoes/ boots ... step on and crush the bigger box ...
folding it over and crushing more ... till it fits in said garbage bag.
bang! Done!
or ... what I'd do.
open the garbage bag ... hold the glass inside ... and tap / smack with a hammer.
once broken into smaller pieces ... put that bag into a cardboard box and tape shut.
first ... buy a case of beer. Remember ... U need a nice cardboard box!
get the tallboys ... better box ... take out the dividers .. and there U go.
drink 18 to 22 beers ... and the glass will probably break itself.
somehow.
it'll all be a bit fuzzy ...
Jeff Buck Construction
Artistry In Carpentry
Pittsburgh Pa
Lol...
Jeff, you're killin' me here...
...ask a silly question...
thanks!
"He said "Buck up baby, it's okay. The sunlight on the floor will always fall." ~ Sarah Harmer
Hmmm
Now all i need is a piece of glass!
You could put it one of those stretchy sorta quilted trash bags first (they're pretty hard to puncture), then hold it in a bigger bag and bust it.
"...how'd I become the glass breaking expert ..."
Well, this was on Oprah as last Month's book of the Month:
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well there is that ....
didn't know anyone watched her little show.
thot it was a local Chicago deal?
Jeff Buck Construction
Artistry In Carpentry
Pittsburgh Pa
I'm pretty sure she's all washed up now. You know that "15 minutes of fame" thing?He show might still be available in reruns, check late night on channel 548.Now you? Man you're a star! Big author and all that.
U can always say U knew me when.
and I'll just walk past ...
Jeff Buck Construction
Artistry In Carpentry
Pittsburgh Pa
You a big published author. Yeah you'll be walking on by me, probably wearing Italian loafers and eating little food thingies with toothpicks.And drinking wine that's "not too fruity, but with a hint of espresso and chive" out of a see-through sippy cup with a snap on plastic lid.You authors are all alike, even Alex Haley forgot his roots when he made it big.
it'll still be good belgian beer.
gotta have inspiration for those books ya know!
Jeff Buck Construction
Artistry In Carpentry
Pittsburgh Pa
You still da man, then.
Clear out one of your big trash recycle bins.
Drop the glass in there.
Toss stuff in at it until it is broken into small enough pieces.
Life doesn't often leave a very easy trail to follow.
Guess I should don me safety googles, no?
Did I mention how much I hate dealing with glass? Back when my mom used to frame all her artwork in glass, my little brother skidded into a bunch of it...twas not a pretty event, for sure...
"He said "Buck up baby, it's okay. The sunlight on the floor will always fall." ~ Sarah Harmer
Put it in the trash can or recycling bin first. Can you re-cycle window glass where you are?
My recycling can is fairly large so I may try that.
I just HATE glass.
"He said "Buck up baby, it's okay. The sunlight on the floor will always fall." ~ Sarah Harmer
Mongo, Quite odd that I am not allowed to post to you...
But it's She, hun.
Yes, there actually are girl-carpenters out there...
Just trying to find out the best way to dispose of a piece of glass.
"He said "Buck up baby, it's okay. The sunlight on the floor will always fall." ~ Sarah Harmer
Do U LOVE lucite?
Nah, just usually frame artwork in plexiglass anymore.
The painting fell offa the wall in the middle of the night. Just looking to get rid of the glass. I'll redo the mat and re-frame at my mom's house. She has a professional mat cutter-thingy. Bevel cuts, and all that.
"He said "Buck up baby, it's okay. The sunlight on the floor will always fall." ~ Sarah Harmer
Installing it in the back window of the house , or the front window of the garage at home when I was a kid always seemed to work.
They just happened to overlook the all purpose sports arena.
I not only excelled at breaking glass I got pretty good at replacing it before the old man got a look at it.
Lol...it's on a painting, so I guess it would be some serious rough-housing. Old painting too (late 1960's?), so I'm guessing it's pretty brittle. Isn't glass like concrete, where it just keeps getting harder as it ages? Or is glass a liquid?
"He said "Buck up baby, it's okay. The sunlight on the floor will always fall." ~ Sarah Harmer
Just get a piece of cardboard, take it to either a frame/glass shop/hardware store. Cut the cardboard a little larger and fold it over and tape it.
middle of last week I showed up to run some trim for a buddy and started the day off glazing a window.
seems the nite before he asked his GF's kis to help him rearrange the porch furniture ... kids had just said something about "hey, let's hurry up, I'm in the middle of a (video) game ... bud says OK lift up and away from house ...
which was translated to up and into the window on the kids end.
got me to thinking ... how many people still know how to glaze a window?
and why the hell did I know! I'm only 41!
did remodeling with my Dad ... all the jobs he hated I learned first.
old out with heat gun and new in and glazed.
Gotta find old houses to work on when the boy hits 8 yrs old so he can be one of the last around with all the old secrets ...
Jeff Buck Construction
Artistry In Carpentry
Pittsburgh Pa
If, after drinking all that beer, you're still leery of busting (or cutting -- much safer) this up, you could try taking it down to your local glass dealer in one piece to toss into their recycle bin.
Mike Hennessy
Pittsburgh, PA
I really, really don't want to transport it, if I can get away with it.
And Buck's the one who's drinking the beer...lol.
"He said "Buck up baby, it's okay. The sunlight on the floor will always fall." ~ Sarah Harmer
put it in a trash barrel... one slight hit with a hammer ON THE EDGE, and it will break
BUT
i don't think i would use polycarb to cover a painting
i'd leave the glassMike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
l love the sound of breaking glass
Especially when I'm lonely
l need the noises of destruction
When there's nothing new
Oh nothing new, sound of breaking glass
I love the sound of breaking glass
Deep into the night
l love the sound of its condition
Flying all around
Oh all around, sound of breaking glass
Nothing new, sound of breaking glass
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Oh all around, sound of breaking glass
Nothin new, sound of breakin glass
Safe at last sound of breaking glass
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I love the sound of breaking glass
Deep into the night
I Iove the work on it can do
Oh a change of mind
Oh change of mind,
sound of breaking glass
All around, sound of breaking glass
Nothing new, sound of breaking glass
Breaking glass, sound of breaking glass
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Sound of breaking glass
Nick Lowe
Yep, know the song well. And Dave Edmunds as well.
Rockpile.
Thanks.
"He said "Buck up baby, it's okay. The sunlight on the floor will always fall." ~ Sarah Harmer
Don't try kicking it.....
I did that once thinking it was plexi-glass ...was wearing sandals....cut my achilles tendon clean in half
I NEVER wonder why my wife thinks I'm an idiot.........
Tape the edges and take it to the nearest glass shop. You might not get anything for it but you won't have to figure out how to break it, either.
its for sure that you couldn't ask Jamie Moyer to throw a baseball through it.
signed...skeptical Phillies phan
Last time I had this problem I turned it into a mirror and had my ex-wife look into it.
Problem solved.
Shawn
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Checker Contracting - SE Michigan
Give it to the post office, or maybe UPS. They're sure to break it.
"I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul." Invictus, by Henley.
just drop it on his head
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Best way to break glass? Tell your kids its a very rare piece and very fragile, turn your back, count to three.....it'll be gone in seconds.
Seriously, get a glass cutter. Score it into manageable pieces (that fit in your garbage can). Then you can smash it in the can and save a mess.
All you carpenters talk about limited, sissy tools like sliding miter saws and nail guns, but you never mention the main tool in the woodworker's arsenal:the .50 caliber machine gun.
Not only is it the ideal tool for breaking glass, this versatile machine can do so much more. I can miter a whole house's worth of miters in seconds. It can drill all your holes for wiring and plumbing in microseconds. Not only that, but it can slice, dice and multilate flies and tool thieves. And the list goes on...
Furthermore, did you know that you can take the spent brass casings to a scrap yard. What other tool can pay for itself every time you use it? Everydecent carpenter [lady] needs one!
~Peter
Yes, but can it cut a good Ogee on a countertop?
Oh yes it can. However you have to use the special ogee shaped bullets.
I should point out that it is much quieter than a PC router since the bullet goes faster than the speed of sound so you can't even hear it.
~Peter
just be careful "drilling" that new hole to run the cable into the BR ...
Jeff Buck Construction
Artistry In Carpentry
Pittsburgh Pa
But it is not good for running a cable for Sat TV.http://www.kansascity.com/116/story/545396.html"Man fatally shoots wife while installing satellite TV system
The Associated PressSEDALIA, Mo. | Officials are trying to determine whether to file charges against a man who fatally shot his wife while trying to install a satellite television system in their home.Patsy D. Long, 34, of Deepwater, was pronounced dead early Saturday evening after being shot in the chest with a .22-caliber handgun. Her husband, Ronald Long, fired the shot from the inside of their home after several unsuccessful efforts to punch a hole through the exterior wall using other means.The woman, who was outside the house, was hit by the second of two shots fired by Ronald Long, the Henry County Sheriff’s Department said.Sheriff’s Department spokesman Maj. Robert Hills said a person involved in such a case normally would be charged with manslaughter, but that was up to the prosecutor.“Once we complete a diagram of the incident, we will be submitting everything to the prosecuting attorney and let him decide if he wants to press criminal charges,” Hills said.Henry County Coroner Scott Largent declined to release details about Patsy Long’s death until the Sheriff’s Department completes its investigation.".
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A-holes. Hey every group has to have one. And I have been elected to be the one. I should make that my tagline.
mmmn,
You have photos of this versatile tool in action?"Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing..."
can I offer a very serious production enhancer???
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Oh, that is a production machine. That's what the tract builders use. Trying to cut corners.
~Peter
Sing at it?
"Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing..."
This won't help your problem but you aint never lived till you popped a cooler door with a 9mm and seen the tempered glass slowlllly cascade down like a waterfall.
sledge hammer
Bob's next test date: 12/10/07
Jim, Jim, Jim...I am trying to do this very neatly...it's artglass.
"He said "Buck up baby, it's okay. The sunlight on the floor will always fall." ~ Sarah Harmer
Oh my...I'm sorry I misread that important detail. I'm so embarassed that I came out with that ridiculous suggestion. Okay...I got it...instead of using the 16# sledge; use the 12# sledge! Bob's next test date: 12/10/07
Loose your fear of glass or give it to someone else to break.
If you fear heights, hire a roofer.
If you fear electricity hire an electrician.
If you fear big dogs, carry a gun.
Respect whatever it is, but fear will often get you in trouble.
Ok, dun philosophizing, beer is almost cold and I am ready for 1.
Jeff in PA
(the good side of PA)
Plowing straight ahead, come what may. JB
>> Ok, dun philosophizing, beer is almost cold and I am ready for 1. <<
Umm, Jeff? It's only 10:16 as of your last posting. Not a good idea to drink that early in the morning.
Aren't you an archy up there?
Yeah, I will hire to take care of what I am skeered of for sure...lol.
I hate the sound of breaking glass.
"He said "Buck up baby, it's okay. The sunlight on the floor will always fall." ~ Sarah Harmer
It's 5 O'clock somewhere. (I am 21+++)
Archy??? Architect??
Nope, philosopher since I cant seem to make any money building and renovating.
Engineer by training (civil engineer, not a train driver)
Homebuilder for the first 20 years, then renovation and self employed builder.