javi78503
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Having never attempted much in the way of DIY I was a bit apprehensive about starting this project. Never the less, I swallowed the dread I was building up in my head and ventured out into the world to acquire the tools and supplies I needed. After a 30 minute trek down the road and back I ended up with what I hoped would be the beginnings of an amazing afternoon in the world of DIY. A rather cheap 20 gallon aquarium that ran me about 25 dollars, a few panes of glass, glass cutting tools and some silicone.
I sat down for a moment, procrastinating as long as I could, while I watched a few videos on how the pros cut glass with a simple glass cutter. A full hour, and several youtube subscriptions later, I rallied myself and tore open the cardboard packaging on the glass cutter and distroyed the wrappings on a pane of glass. There was no going back now...Beast Mode had been activated! Then I rembered I hadnt read the instructions on the glass cutter and convinced myself I needed to piece the slivers of paper together to confirm, for my own peace of mind, that I hadn't missed any of the important instructions. After I was set, I gathered myself up and measured my first piece of glass.
Always measure twice and cut once I told myself as I worked the tape measure around that glass from every angle. I marked the glass, dipped my cutter into the mineral oils and with full confidence I firmly rolled the scorer across the glassy surface. An all too familiar sound rose up to my expectant ears. The sound of glass being scored! I smiled and proudly looked down at my first masterpiece... and almost instantly, as if through a will of its own, my free hand flew up and greeted my forehead with a firm slap! My masterpiece was crooked. I had marked my first pane of glass much in the same way a five year old would color on a wall with one hand as they bounded down a hall. once I stopped hyperventilating I picked up the glass cutter and started at my project again. This time with a bit more wisdom and skill I ran the scoring tool back and forth along the edge of a new tool, a ruler, and finally ended up with looked to be a decent straight line. Proudly, I picked up the glass, and in a moment I can only call the culmination of many second of slightly annoying work, and used the edge of the table to finish breaking the glass. SNIP! The glass tore, running a straight line up the length of glass... and sharply curved outwards after about 2 inches. SNAP! Again I tried and got a little further, SNAP! POP! CRACK! Slowly I made my way up the small fissure in the glass and at the end of many tense moments ended up with a lovely piece of glass that resembled a beautiful silhouette of a long running mountain chain from one side. Full of peaks and valleys, jagged and majestic, from beginning to end. It would have to do I told myself.... I placed the glass into the aquarium, angling it in slowly... and then CHINK. How could this have happened, I had measured twice!! The glass was still too long. With a muffled oath and a long sigh, I gathered up what remaining glass I had not masacred and set off in a huff down the alley and to the street. I took a sharp left once i reached the end... and walked the two blocks to a glass company and paid them 4 dollars to cut them for me (heh)!
20 minutes later I was back in my yard with some freshly cut glass and a newly opened tube of silicone. Having never put silicone on anything before I was a but puzzled about the best way to go about it would be, but after a brief pause I smeared a rather decent glob on my finger and dove in. Fifteen minutes later I sat back and stared proudly at my work. It was nothing a craftsman would be proud of, but it was mine! And in that moment, past all the smeared silicone, I declared my first D-I-Y project a rather wonderful success!
Sorry guys im bored with nothing more than my phone. My first diy [emoji14]
I sat down for a moment, procrastinating as long as I could, while I watched a few videos on how the pros cut glass with a simple glass cutter. A full hour, and several youtube subscriptions later, I rallied myself and tore open the cardboard packaging on the glass cutter and distroyed the wrappings on a pane of glass. There was no going back now...Beast Mode had been activated! Then I rembered I hadnt read the instructions on the glass cutter and convinced myself I needed to piece the slivers of paper together to confirm, for my own peace of mind, that I hadn't missed any of the important instructions. After I was set, I gathered myself up and measured my first piece of glass.
Always measure twice and cut once I told myself as I worked the tape measure around that glass from every angle. I marked the glass, dipped my cutter into the mineral oils and with full confidence I firmly rolled the scorer across the glassy surface. An all too familiar sound rose up to my expectant ears. The sound of glass being scored! I smiled and proudly looked down at my first masterpiece... and almost instantly, as if through a will of its own, my free hand flew up and greeted my forehead with a firm slap! My masterpiece was crooked. I had marked my first pane of glass much in the same way a five year old would color on a wall with one hand as they bounded down a hall. once I stopped hyperventilating I picked up the glass cutter and started at my project again. This time with a bit more wisdom and skill I ran the scoring tool back and forth along the edge of a new tool, a ruler, and finally ended up with looked to be a decent straight line. Proudly, I picked up the glass, and in a moment I can only call the culmination of many second of slightly annoying work, and used the edge of the table to finish breaking the glass. SNIP! The glass tore, running a straight line up the length of glass... and sharply curved outwards after about 2 inches. SNAP! Again I tried and got a little further, SNAP! POP! CRACK! Slowly I made my way up the small fissure in the glass and at the end of many tense moments ended up with a lovely piece of glass that resembled a beautiful silhouette of a long running mountain chain from one side. Full of peaks and valleys, jagged and majestic, from beginning to end. It would have to do I told myself.... I placed the glass into the aquarium, angling it in slowly... and then CHINK. How could this have happened, I had measured twice!! The glass was still too long. With a muffled oath and a long sigh, I gathered up what remaining glass I had not masacred and set off in a huff down the alley and to the street. I took a sharp left once i reached the end... and walked the two blocks to a glass company and paid them 4 dollars to cut them for me (heh)!
20 minutes later I was back in my yard with some freshly cut glass and a newly opened tube of silicone. Having never put silicone on anything before I was a but puzzled about the best way to go about it would be, but after a brief pause I smeared a rather decent glob on my finger and dove in. Fifteen minutes later I sat back and stared proudly at my work. It was nothing a craftsman would be proud of, but it was mine! And in that moment, past all the smeared silicone, I declared my first D-I-Y project a rather wonderful success!
Sorry guys im bored with nothing more than my phone. My first diy [emoji14]
