one way to trim down a glass globe

an almost foolproof way to cut a glass globe with out breaking it!

 

Great improvisation!

 

Nice to know your method looks like it works well
Cheers pete

 

Thanks Bruce.

 

Thanks Bruce

Great Tip

I shall be sure to add to my homemade gig
The gig then to go in the water bath

Pretty rough
Basic Plank plus 2 guide bars - and a key hole as a stopper



Diamond cutting disc - fairly "loose' fitting in the vice

This so left hand rotates the glass and right hand squeezing the water from a drip bottle as well as applying a little down pressure on the cut grove





Angle of cutting wheel was good for splatter

Will be sure to try next time with the whole lot in the bath

 

@Warwick Beaumont ~~ thats a better set up than I had-- I like control of the cutting wheel-- I just hand held mine !

 

Together we shall overcome

Got loadsheding here in South Africa

So great excuse to light up for a brew

 

Here the glass I cut on a Radius 119


Time for another cuppa

So fired up the the Radius R10

 

Sorry forgot to mention

A French press was the glass donor
Handy as the pouring spout makes a great access for adding spirits and lighting the fuel

Glass is scarce down south so me make plans

 

@F. bruce kuda @Warwick Beaumont
Thanks for sharing your glass cut tips, it’s always good to see how others do things.. in the home engineering and the much quoted necessity being the mother of invention

I do remember @phaedrus42 sharing similar tips and also @ColinG used French press glass (we call them cafetières) I think he mentioned about the spout helping with fuel/lighting access

@Warwick Beaumont did you fit a primus spirit cup in your 119 above, at all? The top nut also seems more primus-y?
I know you need the lamps in a practical sense but it’s great to see them doing what they were made for
thanks to all

regards
pb

 

Appollogies Podbros

Action pick is well a Primus 1020

Also made up a glass for him

 

Greetings All

Today I was fixing a Beatrice stove

Now we all know that mica screen is the first bit that gets poked out

I managed to save one screen

Looking about the shed to find something that would show some light

Aha

French press from the glass job

The sieve makes a pretty decent screen for the stove





It still needs a clean to get the fine grains out

So 2 lamp glasses and 4 screens

The centre has a pressed button that the plunger rod secures to
Pretty easy to open

Then just cut the metal sieve with a scissors

Trim to fit the metal screen
Drill 2 Locating holes and Bobs yr Auntie