Bill,
I've seen what you're describing done with *hand* shears, (tin snips)  
but I can't imagine anybody hefting a pair of twenty-plus pound  
shears sideways and clipping semi-molten glass.
That's not to say that it can't be done, but since the glass is  
oozing in a vertical direction and these shears weigh A LOT and they  
have no secure means of holding them... I'm going to call a  
"technical foul" and await a photograph as proof that what you say  
actually happens in the real world.
The gauntlet has been dropped.
Cheers,
Wes

In Chicago and at:
http://galootapalooza.org/

On Oct 4, 2010, at 10:21 AM, Bill Taggart wrote:

>
>
> ::-----Original Message-----
> ::From: oldtools-bounces@r...
> ::[mailto:oldtools-bounces@r...] On Behalf Of WesG
> ::Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 11:02 AM
> ::To: cowtown_eric
> ::Cc: oldtools@r...
> ::Subject: Re: [OldTools] weekend trash/treasures
> ::
> ::Eric,
> ::I'm dying to know how'd you guess "glass cutter" out of this tool?
>
> For use when the glass is still very hot and sticky, not cooled  
> glass.  I
> have seen similar big shears used in glassblowing operations.  They  
> are used
> when the glass is in a state like pulled taffy.
>
> - Bill T.
>

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