[SEL] Need Oiler Sight Glass

[Judge Tommy Turner]

I was in Louisville, KY several years ago and needed an oiler glass.  I 
went to a company, can't remember the name as they've been out of 
business for a number of years now, and they had an assortment of glass 
tubing.  I think they made products for the dairy industry (a lot of 
glass tubing was at one time used in that industry, not sure if it still 
is or not).  I showed them what I needed and they said it was no 
problem.  They had a cutter that was under a shield.  They sat the glass 
tubing under the shild and clamped it and then they hit a switch and 
water, or what appeared to be water, flooded the glass.  A blade that 
the guy told me was diamond tipped, maybe 1/16 of an inch thick, sawed 
through it about like you would cut a board on a table saw.  It was a 
real slick operation.  Sure would have loved to got my hand on that 
cutter when they went out of business.  It probably ended up in the 
scrap heap.

Tommy Turner
Magnolia, KY


>Bill
>Another method of getting the glass to break is to heat it with a candle, 
>and then use an ice cube to rapidly cool it, it will crack easily. I have 
>cut bottles using this method.
>Steve
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>Steve and Denise Kitto
>MS 126
>95 Coleyville Road
>Mutdapilly  QLD  4307
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