Query about glass cutting
 

I am an owner builder and as such have glass needs for my windows.
If I have a large piece of glass is it feasible to cut that glass down
in size and use it for a windows?
Would this be cheaper than outright purchase of glass precut to the size
required?
I am assuming that pretty much any qualified glazier could do this (if
of course it is doable and worthwhile)?
I have the opportunity to get all the glass I need FOR FREE so this
information would be good to know.


This was the only glass newsgroup I could find.
I tried to call glaziers from the yellow pages but all I got was the
runaround. It seems if you aren't ordering a broken window to be fixed
or something similar then you are wasting their time. Any of these
companies that would have put me through to someone in the know would
have most likely had all of the business when it happens

Query about glass cutting
 

"Mr.McSpanky" Mr.McSpanky@houseof-MrHanky wrote in message
...
I am an owner builder and as such have glass needs for my windows.
If I have a large piece of glass is it feasible to cut that glass down
in size and use it for a windows?
Would this be cheaper than outright purchase of glass precut to the size
required?
I am assuming that pretty much any qualified glazier could do this (if
of course it is doable and worthwhile)?
I have the opportunity to get all the glass I need FOR FREE so this
information would be good to know.


This was the only glass newsgroup I could find.
I tried to call glaziers from the yellow pages but all I got was the
runaround. It seems if you aren't ordering a broken window to be fixed
or something similar then you are wasting their time. Any of these
companies that would have put me through to someone in the know would
have most likely had all of the business when it happens

I am just curious, and of course, can answer your question, but I am
wondering about something.

This person that puts you through to someone, how do they make a living
"having all of the business" when it happens? Glass shops make money
selling glass, and you have all the glass you need for free. So why should
they be interested when that is not what pays their bills, makes them a
genuine upstanding fine person, but does not pay their phone bill or any
other bill. SO, educate me on how helping you benefits a glazing business,
please.

Now to answer your question, of course it is feasible and doable, that is
how the glass business buys their glass, in larger sheets, (easier to store)
and then cuts it to meet their needs. Yes, you can do the same, just takes
technique and know how.

I would be interested in all I can handle when this happens, where in the
world are you?

Query about glass cutting
 

"Mr.McSpanky" Mr.McSpanky@houseof-MrHanky wrote in message
...
I am an owner builder and as such have glass needs for my windows.
If I have a large piece of glass is it feasible to cut that glass down
in size and use it for a windows?
Would this be cheaper than outright purchase of glass precut to the size
required?
I am assuming that pretty much any qualified glazier could do this (if
of course it is doable and worthwhile)?
I have the opportunity to get all the glass I need FOR FREE so this
information would be good to know.


This was the only glass newsgroup I could find.
I tried to call glaziers from the yellow pages but all I got was the
runaround. It seems if you aren't ordering a broken window to be fixed
or something similar then you are wasting their time. Any of these
companies that would have put me through to someone in the know would
have most likely had all of the business when it happens

Why didn't you just come out and say you were in Australia?

Query about glass cutting
 

"Javahut" wrote in message
...


or something similar then you are wasting their time. Any of these
companies that would have put me through to someone in the know would
have most likely had all of the business when it happens

Why didn't you just come out and say you were in Australia?

That would be because Australians are by their very nature, "criminal".
;)

Query about glass cutting
 

sure. they get to cut it and install it and they get paid for their time
and labour. Is that easy. Do you know the answer or are you just being a
dick?

Query about glass cutting
 

Why didn't you just come out and say you were in Australia?

I'm sorry. I didn't think I needed to report my location on usenet to
ask a simple question that should have been able to be answered by one
of the twenty odd people I phoned earlier today. I should have just bent
over and held a fistful of US dollars in the air and then maybe someone
would have answered me.
Thanks for your culture USA.

Query about glass cutting
 

1. Buy a glass cutter from the hardware store.
2. Get a cork back ruler or something.
3. Look at a stained glass book to see how to use the cutter.
4. Practice

--
Connie Ryman
Cryman Studio

"Mr.McSpanky" Mr.McSpanky@houseof-MrHanky wrote in message
...
I am an owner builder and as such have glass needs for my windows.
If I have a large piece of glass is it feasible to cut that glass down in
size and use it for a windows?
Would this be cheaper than outright purchase of glass precut to the size
required?
I am assuming that pretty much any qualified glazier could do this (if of
course it is doable and worthwhile)?
I have the opportunity to get all the glass I need FOR FREE so this
information would be good to know.


This was the only glass newsgroup I could find.
I tried to call glaziers from the yellow pages but all I got was the
runaround. It seems if you aren't ordering a broken window to be fixed or
something similar then you are wasting their time. Any of these companies
that would have put me through to someone in the know w\0\0ST have most
likely had all of the business when it happens

Query about glass cutting
 

"Mr.McSpanky" Mr.McSpanky@houseof-MrHanky wrote in message
...

sure. they get to cut it and install it and they get paid for their time
and labour. Is that easy. Do you know the answer or are you just being a
dick?

Can you read?

you asked:

"is it feasible to cut that glass down
in size and use it for a windows?
Would this be cheaper than outright purchase of glass precut to the size
required?"

and I answered:
"
Now to answer your question, of course it is feasible and doable, that is
how the glass business buys their glass, in larger sheets, (easier to store)
and then cuts it to meet their needs. Yes, you can do the same, just takes
technique and know how."

Who is being the dick?

and I asked where you were at because , my last line from previous post, "I
would be interested in all I can handle when this happens, where in the
world are you?"

I travel and do glazing wherever it is needed, it is what I "DO"

Have someone read this to you as you don't seem to comprehend it when you
try to read it yourself, asswipe.

Query about glass cutting
 

"Mr.McSpanky" Mr.McSpanky@houseof-MrHanky wrote in message
...

Why didn't you just come out and say you were in Australia?

I'm sorry. I didn't think I needed to report my location on usenet to
ask a simple question that should have been able to be answered by one
of the twenty odd people I phoned earlier today. I should have just bent
over and held a fistful of US dollars in the air and then maybe someone
would have answered me.
Thanks for your culture USA.

Kind of sensitive about it aren't you? You don't NEED to REPORT, it was a
simple question, you were offering all the work one could handle, of course
I want find out where that is.

It's no damn wonder you don't get answers on the phone, soon as you attitude
shows, no one wants to speak with you, let alone waste their time on a
money losing proposition.

Query about glass cutting/my refusal of a like request
 

I have a "small" one man shop and in the very far past ( a financial
necessity) would be available for odd jobs.
The local glass company in town was called by a person asking for someone to
come out and cut some LARGE (if memory serves) HEAVY GLASS that was stored
in a barn for years.
The local glass company was wise enough to refuse the request and to pass my
phone number along.
Long story short..........the glass was about 28 miles from me, in a barn
that was overgrown with weeds, needed to be moved so I could get to it, was
around 6x3 FEET, dirty and so on.
I tactfully suggested that it was a project that I could not handle. The
person berated and put me (and the local glass company) down for not
wanting to work, explaining that is what is wrong with the country and so
on.
I cheerfully suggested, I would cut the glass "FOR FREE" (with some amount
limits) if they would bring it cleaned to my shop. They hung up on
me...................
A major lesson was learned: ASK ALL QUESTIONS and assume there is a reason
why they are calling me (who does no advertising nor is available to the
public) as probably there are a few mitigating circumstances to the project.
I am now old enough, marginally wise enough to say NO NO NO and not even
care.

h, who is working on project number 1,088 which is SOLD 14 DF.