Paul's Journal

10/03/2009 19:53 #49919

Cutting glass is a snap
Category: linwood

It seems like everyday that I learn a new skill about reconstructing
parts of the house. Today (e:Jim) gave me a lesson in glass cutting.

I had some old glass in windows I rescued from my parents house when they had new windows installed in the spring. I wish I had kept more.

Although extracting the old glass was a pain, it makes the panels
being replaced reflect the sun the same. New glass doesn't do that.
Plus the whole recycling aspect and that a part of the house I grew up in will now be part of my house.

It so neat to see how each piece of glass was cut. There is a story
in each panel. I couldn't help but wonder why some of them were
replaced before as indicated by the modern glazing points.

The windows we are rehabbing have three types of shapes, two types of triangles and diamonds - none of them are 90 degrees do every cut was tricky.

I think I am now a master glass cutter. The secret it appears to be
using torch oil on the wheel and to press hard on a clean class
surface when cutting.

Then the snap needs to be one single quick snap. I cut twelve
replacement shapes from my parents old windows and still have some old glass leftover.

Afterwards we removed all the remaining glass and putty and sanded all the old paint off. Then (e:Terry) primed with oil paint. Tomorrow we
reglaze, reputty and paint.

paul - 10/04/09 10:58
They were manufactured using some other process compared to modern sheet glass. Modern glass is perfectly even and transparent. the old style glass I'd not. It almost has a waviness to it that catches light differently. It is really obvious to the eye. You can even tell in my picture of the cut out shapes above.

tinypliny - 10/04/09 01:28
How is old glass different from new glass? I am just wondering about what kind of weathering would make them reflect light in a different way...

Since your house is older than (I presume) your parents house, then wouldn't the even-older original glass actually reflect light differently than your parents' window glass (if your theory is true)?

If this comment makes your head ache - good, the whole question made mine ache as well. Haha

jim - 10/03/09 21:20
Looks good, only eleven zillion more panes to go ^_^

10/02/2009 17:29 #49912

Kitchen pipes fixed

For the first time in three years our kitchen sink actually works and
consists of all the same material pipes. I am so happy. In reality
it took us only about 2 hours to cut and fit everything which makes me
so mad considering we had a leaky sink and bucket under there for
three years.

tinypliny - 10/04/09 13:46
What is the osmosis membrane made of?

paul - 10/04/09 11:56
It is a reverse osmosis water filtration system (e:paul,42425) and I love it.

fing - 10/02/09 21:34
I have been in my house about 3 years as well. I have had projects take less time and when I was done I thought the same exact thing. Are those water filters under there? Do they work well?

10/02/2009 17:26 #49910

Home depot gutter problem

You would think they have the parts to fix this.

hodown - 10/02/09 17:36
That's what you call irony.

09/29/2009 22:22 #49886

Wood and Ice vs Computers
Category: jobs

I am not complaining about how much money I make but ... I just met this guy in the sauna at the gym who makes $1000/day profit selling wood and ice products to other businesses and convenient stores. I am clearly in the wrong business despite how much I enjoy what I do.

jenks - 10/01/09 16:05
Omg. Seriously. I went to see a patient today... I walk into the room- he's standing and looking out the window. He walks across the room (with no apparent difficulty), and sits down in the chair. Tells me he fell and broke his hand (which is bullshit, looking at his xrays he had a boxers fracture, which you get punching people/things, not falling). Says he wants surgery (i.e. wants more percocet)- saying he just wants to get better. Because he's a single dad, and he's out on disability. And on disability, he's only making $1000/week, not the $1500/week he was making before (as a garbage man.)

Wait, what??

This guy is on permanent disability for a neck injury from a car accident 8 years ago. Though as far as I could tell, there was nothing 'disabled' about him, and I can't see any reason he can't work.

But so this drug-seeking, lying, punching, guy is making more on disability, ie not working at all and being paid for it, than I do?!

Huh??

tinypliny - 09/30/09 10:34
Maybe he was just hitting on you. ;-)

Wood and Ice products? That doesn't make sense. Is he like an expert wood and ice carver? Why would business and convenience stores want wood and ice sculptures? Are they the next BIG thing?

Seriously, WOOD and ice? Wood shelves, ice cubes? Who sells that combo? Seems made up. And why talk about how much you make in a sauna. So many things don't add up here.

Yeah, your moustache is that attractive, please change your profile pic. You look so sad (even though you explained you aren't.)

jason - 09/29/09 22:40
Yeah, no shit. I see people all the time who have a serious slice of the pie who are numbskulls. Not making any assumptions or anything of course.

09/28/2009 20:50 #49879

Refinishing and reglazing windows

Is a pain in the ass. I keep telling myself now that I spend all my
freetine working on restoration that someday it will pay off when I
can't compute anymore.

I read one persons blog where they said that you can soften the old
glazing with a heatgun to remove it easier but I was afraid the
heatgun would cause the old glass to shatter so chipping and prying it
was.

heidi - 09/30/09 11:10
Heat guns work.

ladycroft - 09/29/09 02:03
at a quick glance it looks like a bunch of cigarette butts all over the place.

how many more windows to go?