Glass Cutting!

Sometimes, being someone who loves crafts and experimenting with different things can cause you to be volunteered for things you don't expect. A case in point being last week when my brother asked if I still had my glass cutting equipment.

Yes, I do. And why did he need to know?

He'd bought a new door without glazing and was hoping to use my tools.

So I said he could borrow it and I'd show him how to use it as most of the panes were rectangular and just needed to be trimmed to size.

By the end of the week I was being requested to cut all the glass for him (my sister-in-law)! Or at least - help him far more than was initially suggested (him).

So Saturday was digging out all my glass cutting equipment and setting it all up for him and his glass. 

Here it is, unpackaged - prior to any cutting. Notice the two glass cutters in the picture. After a lesson which I insisted he cut and cut and cut some plain glass to learn how to cut and then 'snap' the glass afterwards - I cut the first piece and then let him cut his glass himself. I, however, tended to do the 'snapping' once he had scored the glass using his (well, my) cutter.

He wasn't entirely enamoured of using the cutter, he wanted to use it in a similar way to using another piece of cutting equipment. But following a very brief trial - he realised the traditional way of cutting glass worked best.

He and his wife had chosen 9 different sheets of glass colour-wise, although they all had the same texture. They were all rectangular, except for the top 3 which were curved.

He did rather well all told! They aren't set out in the order that they intend to glaze with - but here they are!

Even better, when he got home - he checked - and yes - they all fitted! So no need to use the grinder I had in the corner of this picture.

I think, overall, he enjoyed being the one to cut his own glass and would probably have a go again if he had the opportunity.

I enjoyed it too! It's been a long time since I've seriously cut any glass - so I was pretty pleased with the end result.

In other news I'm still using up the left over yarn I have accumulated over time. Hopefully I'll have some pics soon of all the pieces - prior to me deciding what to do with them all.