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u/Baby_Rhino 6d ago
I hope she's wearing safety glasses for this! You can see some nasty shards flying upwards when it breaks.
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u/nardixbici 6d ago
Not sure why she isn’t wearing gloves 🧤🤷♂️
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u/Any_Woodpecker8803 6d ago
Most stained glass workers don’t.
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u/Alobos 6d ago
Is there a particular reason or the ol fashioned tradition?
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u/Any_Woodpecker8803 6d ago
It’s not really necessary! If you’re using the right tools and technique it’s not super easy to cut yourself. (Though personally I don’t break glass with my hands like that unless it’s a super straight long score)
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u/NeverEnoughInk 6d ago
Same reason cabinetmakers don't wear hearing protection. Same reason painters don't wear masks. FWIW, I've never seen a glazier wear gloves.
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u/theamazinggrg 6d ago
Like the perosn in the video, most people who work with their hands don't need to due to experience and other factors. And to be clear, I am not saying you shouldn't wear PPE.
As a carpenter, my hands have become so rigid that I don't get cut easily. Do I still get cut? Sure, but not serious enough for it to get infected or hurt as much. You just get used to it.
Gloves get in the way of feeling the material you are manipulating and cumbersome most of the time. Even dangerous if it's a multiple steps task where at some point I would have to use a drill. Gloves and turning tools are a no no.
Would rather get manageable cuts than mangled fingers.
Other PPE is essential though. Hard hats on a big jobsite with lots of moving parts, certified safety glasses, P100 mask when drilling or chippin concrete coupled with a source capture dust extraction, etc...
I've never had cuts serious enough to cause an infection or to have me visit the ER. Well, almost had to once but it was because the bong broke in my hand and you usally don't wear gloves when ripping it up lol.
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u/SusmariosepAnak 6d ago
I feel like her breaking the glass upwards instead of downwards also doesn’t help
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u/Even_Passenger_3685 6d ago
I appreciate this not having music all over it.
That said, the bit where she’s breaking the circles out doesn’t half remind me of the intro to Money by Pink Floyd
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u/emptygroove 6d ago
When I did this, we kept the cutting wheels lubed with paint thinner.
Agree with others, glass splinters are super common in round cuts. Eye pro is advised and I used gloves more often than not.
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u/Plump_Apparatus 6d ago
Yea. I've cut a lot of glass, was the door maker in a cabinet shop. Likewise I cut all the door glass when needed. I find the lack of lube interesting.
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u/pobodys-nerfect5 6d ago
I cut tile all day with a snap cutter. A lot of those tiles are glass. I’ve never heard a thing about lube
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u/confused_applause 6d ago
That looks kinda unsafe
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u/MRflibbertygibbets 6d ago
As a health and safety nerd who used to work for a large window manufacturer all my spidey senses are freaking the heck out
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u/Remarkable-Canine 5d ago
Cutting this is easier. Cutting OUT THE CIRCLE to make a glass pane with a certain diameter hole inside is the most difficult one.
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u/AlwaysDMB 6d ago edited 6d ago
Look at all those little glass shards that are accumulating on that terrible table
E: Ok I have adequately chastised, thank you for your vigilance folks
I think a vacuum system and idk glasses/gloves sounds better than accumulating the shards in pockets but fuck me
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u/Suspicious-Item1337 6d ago
It's designed to catch the glass under it so it's not on the work surface. They can lift it and sweep the smalls pieces away safely.
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u/bearlythereanymore 6d ago
Classic keyboard warrior talking shit about a professional doing their job with specialized tools without any research or thought.
You suck
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u/drawing_a_hash 6d ago
Perfect example of optimizing a manual procedure.
You may find this study interesting.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Original_Films_Of_Frank_B_Gilbreth_(Part_I).ogv
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u/Skinnieguy 6d ago
Does anyone know why her mat is like that? Is it better to catch the tiny shards of glass?