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kpc_49
kpc_49 Member Posts: 12
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trim a steam boiler sight glass but does not want to spend the money on a special cutter... what is the next best alternative to do that. ty,kpc

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  • Michael Wilson
    Michael Wilson Member Posts: 46
    Ask your supply house

    My local supply house used cut them to length for me...
    I eventually bought the tool just to have it around the shop.
    But in a Pinch, It never hurts to ask for a demo of the special tool ;-)

    If you don't need it right away, you could send the glass my way, I'll cut it and send it back... but the postage might equal the cost of the tool.


    Mikey





  • Big Ed_4
    Big Ed_4 Member Posts: 3,019
    Use a Metal File

    Take a new stick of glass. File just across where you want to cut. Just across the rise no need to go around. Use the corner of the file to cut a V cut. Now hold the glass in both hands , thumbs in, filed cut away from you and snap the glass outward.

    You did say trim ? I could never cut just a inch off. Need a full stick.

    I alway bring into the house two sticks of glass. I don't know why but if I bring in two I make a perfect cut. I bring in just one it breaks wrong and I run for another ?

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  • oil-2-4-6-gas
    oil-2-4-6-gas Member Posts: 641


    go to a supply house and ask them to cut it or flag down a service guy -at the supply house ,,buy em lunch --
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