Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-11-27
: Al ABOUT. GLASS CUTTING.



ln Hard weFk--vsry Hzpsks,vs fsr Poe,
Feopis-ssrens sad Careful wosan..a.
There are six processes for cutt,,o
glass said the manaker. sTba fyst =
termed roughing. An Iran whsaS ' =. =
, winch sand mixed with water drips con.
Ilnuaiiy, digs out the pattern. As thar
Ass only Seu lines traced On the vlaas
whereby TO 90, this Is a very dIa,crIs
.ask. All glass cutting Is done bv crosa'
ing certain straight lines az oartaIn
points. II, In glass cutting. the whs.I
moves slightly from the line fhA whcla
pee Of glass 2 ruined. The workmsn
are therefore compelled to keen their
eyes ON their work all the time. Ths
glass itself is made In Baccaral der.
many. 1t Is the finest glass made. I'll.
termed metallic because large mart ~
u Is silver 1t Is bought by the no,,nd
ana Is very expensive In the bnIk ETgs
une,erore' no easy task to hold it free
aS VI. smese workmen do for hours at time
Inc second process is called smooth
Inc wheel used for this Is made If
oco.ch Craigeth stone. Water INNS
freely on it as it revolves. II SMOOTH
OUT al the rough edges ON the linas
winch have been dug out in the arst
process. VAC Ais'
After this comes the different modas
u polishing. A wooden wheel ana ,,
powuered pumice stone are used first. !
nese take out the wrinkles on the sur
ace OF the glass, Then follows q h,nsh :
ma putty powder. Lastly, buff wheel &
made CT nearly fifty pieces Of cantor !,
iahe, ana rouge The pieces Of flannel d
70 loose, but the machinery cas,ses h
mem 70 revolve so rapidly, about 5000 d
to the minute. that the r.
'heei seems as hard as board This n
lst process not only polishes. but i'm ii
arts o beautiful gloss to the surface ~ .,
40 glass. Then it is finished and ready on
p our counters down stairs. a.
There have been very few changes In 10
= az. OF glass cutting for centuries | n,
kept that we now use steam instead ar
ioo.-power, we have no ADVANTAGE of
'er the cutters of 200 years ago. There IN
. only two manufacturers Of Che 90
ugh metal in this country and their ke
a .s Is OF inferior quality. Workmen :
we to serve long apprenticeship he in,
g tney master the trade. An expert tbs
'rAfnan receives high pay. It is verv tbe
'se' connnlng work and makes them mo
iooe pale. A great many Swiss and bo,
hemians are employed. The cutting bac
iapidary shoppers is the most difficuIt nrs
Tx. IL requires the greatest exact ers
, because there are so many diamond the
pee. figures in small space. Verv ana
can do this work well. There i tba
ola man in this country who is tbe,
ked up to by all the other workmen VIII;
y say ne carries a charm. He is clos
most expert cutter of lapidary ston- tnre
IN the country. Not only does he mot
them all perfectly, but he pives nars
II a inner polish than anybody else and
de is closely watched by his fell. sett,
workmen, who say they have OBJ notI,
90 MN take something from his hear
,et and rub the stopper with IL He to !
oeen offered large sums for his "a. wha,
pns mas always refused to sell ii. cloth
'olored cut glass is very expense w. funa
color Is put on in the same wav as roo,
7 plate. and then part of it Is emf naso
and no oo,s VAC olenoed effect Of the g
us original designs which thew tn tn,
made. Many of them are very wash
ana some are impossible to make.n tbroa
W York Mail and Express. - s -. ~