Was going through an old tool box that I bought years ago and I found this tool and I have no idea what it’s for. Looks like it says “Fletcher” on the side.
What the heck is this?
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Glass cutter.
36Volt
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HA HA - THAT is for cutting "rusty" glass
Yep small wheel on end of tool is to etch glass. The notches are what glass sits in. I remember watching dad several times try them lol
Kendog 170
Let the boy go !
I've used it successfully to cut replacement glass for old single pane windows. You need a good sharp edge to snap the glass on and don't press too hard .
jos51700
Green Bearing thread connoisseur
Score a line, preferably a straight one, with the wee wheel, and then hold the score line over a sharp edge and push carefully. Use the notches to 'grab' small pieces and lever 'em off. My grandpa could use one very proficiently.
Me, not so much.
Me, not so much.
Steve welder
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Way back when, many a homeowner had one of those tools.
HemiSSDart
Dartus Interuptus
I've broken many pieces of glass with one of those, some successfully...
Not for use on tempered glass lol..... probably why you dont see those so much anymore... One reason anyway.
Seemed to me the cutter worked pretty darn well if you are working on a decent workbench. See the little notches are different widths for different glass thicknesses?? When I tried using those, i'd bust the pane every time.
Seemed to me the cutter worked pretty darn well if you are working on a decent workbench. See the little notches are different widths for different glass thicknesses?? When I tried using those, i'd bust the pane every time.
Thanks everyone! Never would have guessed that!
LocuMob
Fluid Technician
It took me all semester of my stained glass art class, to remember to cut the inside curves first, went through too much glass. My teacher used to repair Tiffany stained glass pieces.
Why would anyone want to use that thing when you can just pay 20 grand for new windows? 
Kendog 170
Let the boy go !
Not much single pane windows anymore. I've done a few pieces for picture frames.
famous bob
mopar misfit
I always wanted to do stained glass. I can solder better than I can cut glass. LOL
jos51700
Green Bearing thread connoisseur
Busting the pane is part of the process
Yeah I’m 29, I’ve done a few single pane window repairs but always just got precut panes
JDMopar
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Yep, and a box of the little push in spikes that held the glass in place while you puttied the perimeter of the window back. You also had to know how to get the sides of the window frame off to put a new rope on the weights that held the window open, after the old rope rotted in two and the weight fell into the bottom of the window frame...lol. Ah, the good ol days.
We had a guy in Macon that was in business since the late 40s after he got back from the war. He was a good friend of Daddy's. Wiley Williams was his name and he owned Wiley Williams Glass Company. Daddy got him to make a couple of glass tops for some barrel tables that Kitty and I still have today. I was just a kid, but I watched him do it in the front yard. He had a glass cutter almost exactly like the one above that attached to an adjustable arm with a suction cup on the end. He took that arm, suctioned it to a large square piece of glass and cut two perfectly sized round glass table tops in less than a minute a piece. That old guy really knew how to do it. It takes skill for sure.
powerclassic
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This is mine. With 3 different cutting wheels. In use for more then 60 years.
Steve welder
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Dont forget that putty knife with V type blade for the glazing compound LOL. Come to think of it, I have one somewhereYep, and a box of the little push in spikes that held the glass in place while you puttied the perimeter of the window back. You also had to know how to get the sides of the window frame off to put a new rope on the weights that held the window open, after the old rope rotted in two and the weight fell into the bottom of the window frame...lol. Ah, the good ol days.
The weights in window pockets, yes I remember that well. Most of mine were replaced with chain.
Now, ive heard that guys who went deep sea fishing for tile fish would use those weights for sinkers, dont know if thats true but its what I heard
In my old house back in the day the hot setup was take out the parting strip between windows, take out the windows and install them back with these aluminium pockets that had a metal strip that held the sash. They worked ok depending on the sash........ Now we hit the big times here and have all new fancy Anderson casements and bows LOL.
Yes the good old days
I had good luck after the learning curve, back in high school I cut & stuck decorative mirrors on the wall around vanity mirror in bathroom. It made the bathroom seem larger than it actually was. That was back in early 70's. Dave
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