UBUCIKO
UBUHLE NEMPILO
UBUCIKO BEZANDLA
AMASIKO NOMLANDO
EZOKUZIJABULISA
IMVELO
UKUDLA NEZIPHUZO
REVERSE ENGINEERING
IZAYENSI
EZEMIDLALO
UBUCHWEPHESHE
IZINTO EZIGQOKWAYO
Glass Cutter: Monce's Hardened Steel Wheel
Bubbles

Yenziwe ngu-

Bubbles

23. uMfumfu 2026IT
3
0
0
0
0

Glass Cutter: Monce's Hardened Steel Wheel

S. G. Monce's glass cutter (US 91,150, 1869): a small hardened steel wheel, bevelled from both sides to a sharp edge, turning on its own journals in a riveted frame on a handle. Drawn across the glass under pressure it rolls and scores a fine line like a diamond's, for a tenth of a diamond's cost, and it needs less skill. It is the wheel cutter still used today. The patent gives no sizes, steel grade or hardening method. The picture: the patent's drawing sheet.
Ophakathi
1 day

Imiyalelo

1

Turn the steel wheel

Turn a steel roller smooth and round, with a solid journal (d) at each end. Its sides (a) run parallel for a short way, then bevel toward each other to meet about midway in the cutting edge (D). Each bevel (c) stands about 45° to the axis, so the two faces are near right angles, or a very little more obtuse. Ours: a hardenable carbon steel and the lathe.

Izinto zokwakha zalesi sinyathelo:

Induku yensimbi enekhabhoni (0.6 % C)Induku yensimbi enekhabhoni (0.6 % C)1 ucezu

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Umshini Wokuphendula InsimbiUmshini Wokuphendula Insimbi
Ithuluzi lokusika le-latheIthuluzi lokusika le-lathe
Isaha SensimbiIsaha Sensimbi
2

Harden the wheel

Harden the turned wheel. The patent does not say how; ours: heat it in the forge and quench it, as in the connected heat-treatment blueprint.

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Iziko LokukhandaIziko Lokukhanda
AmanziAmanzi
3

Make the two-piece frame

Make the frame (B) in two halves. Near one end drill a bearing in each half for the journals. Keep each journal a little shorter than the thickness of the frame's sides (e), so a straightedge laid against the sides never touches the journal ends. Ours: steel strip, drill and file.

Izinto zokwakha zalesi sinyathelo:

Umucu wensimbi enekhabhoniUmucu wensimbi enekhabhoni1 ucezu

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Isaha SensimbiIsaha Sensimbi
Ibhola lesandlaIbhola lesandla
Insimbi yokuhlikihla izinsimbiInsimbi yokuhlikihla izinsimbi
Isibambo SebhentshiIsibambo Sebhentshi
4

Rivet the wheel into the frame

Set the wheel's journals in the bearings, close the two halves on it and rivet them together. The wheel must turn freely.

Izinto zokwakha zalesi sinyathelo:

Isondo lesisiki sengilaziIsondo lesisiki sengilazi1 ucezu
Izipikili zensimbiIzipikili zensimbi1 ucezu

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Isando esinekhanda eliyindilingaIsando esinekhanda eliyindilinga
Isibambo SebhentshiIsibambo Sebhentshi
5

Fit the handle

Fix the frame to a handle of any form, by any sound means. Monce used the handle of an ordinary diamond glass cutter.

Izinto zokwakha zalesi sinyathelo:

IsibamboIsibambo1 ucezu

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Isando esinekhanda eliyindilingaIsando esinekhanda eliyindilinga
6

Score and break glass

Draw the cutter quickly across the glass, pressing as you go, so the wheel rolls. It leaves a fine line like a diamond's. Guide it along a straightedge; the frame's sides ride on the edge. Break the glass along the line.

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Umphetho oqondileUmphetho oqondile
Ingilazi yefasitelaIngilazi yefasitela

Izinto

5

Amathuluzi Adingekayo

11

CC0 Isizinda Somphakathi

Le blueprint ikhishwe ngaphansi kwe-CC0. Ukhululekile ukukopisha, ukuguqula, ukusabalalisa, nokusebenzisa ngaphandle kwemvume.

Sekela uMenzi ngokuthenga imikhiqizo nge-Blueprint yabo IKhomishane Yomenzi kumiswe ngabathengisi, noma dala inguqulo entsha yale Blueprint bese uyifaka njengoxhumaniso ku-Blueprint yakho ukuze wabelane ngemali engenayo.

Ingxoxo

(0)

Ngena ukuze ujoyine ingxoxo

Kulayishwa amazwana...