I bought a cheap glass cutter from a flea market and it cost me a whole pane

Found this glass cutter at a swap meet in Phoenix for five bucks, thought I scored. The wheel looked okay, but it was duller than a butter knife. Tried to cut a simple 24x36 piece of clear float for a shed window, and it just scratched and chipped the edge. Ended up cracking the whole sheet halfway through the score. Wasted about forty dollars in glass and an hour of my Saturday. Ever have a tool fail so bad it just makes you laugh?

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beth5592mo ago

Ever try to use a cheap level that's more of a suggestion than a tool?

the_lisa2mo ago

Always oil the wheel first, even on new cutters.

avery_roberts671mo ago

Learned that the hard way with a new angle grinder last year. Skipped the oil and it sounded like a dying animal after two cuts. Now I keep a little bottle of 3-in-1 right next to my gear. You figure they'd come ready to go, but they never really do, do they? That extra thirty seconds saves you a ton of grief later.