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Do carbide glass breakers work well?
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In order to avoid punching your arm all the way through the glass where there is a greater chance of cutting yourself on the glass you're breaking. I've heard about using the corner because of different treatment there and what others have said but not all glass is the same and I'm going for safety first.
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I want to mod a 2D maglite with a glass breaker. Don't want to buy one of those pretty ones. I haven't been able to find anyone who sells carbide tips as replacement parts. I've seen easy mods using a SS bolt ground to a point. Will that work? What about a carbide drill bit? Somebody must have a way. Thanks
I've seen replacement tips for carbide scribes on Amazon. It's not titled as a glass breaker, but I don't see why it wouldn't work as one (I SUPPOSE it could break if you weren't hitting it dead-on?).
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Thevies, Vandals use to use "automatic center punch" to pop car windows, They are cheap and easy to carry.
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This above all, what is the purpose of quoting this thread, the OPP has either left or finished his mod and decided that the people who had posted/subscribed weren't worthy of an update. 
There are many ways to break out a window or get into or out of a car but most thieves go to the first open door or window they find. Car thieves are opportunists and most cars aren't broken into the doors are unlocked and you wouldn't believe how many cars are stolen with the keys still in it. Like I said they're opportunists and basically lazy people. If they weren't they'd have jobs.
Maybe a Mod will close this thread, I can't see where it's gonna provide any useful info after 6 years.
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Poor guy never managed to break the window and get out of the car.
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LOL 
Tempered glass is some pretty tough stuff, I used the bolt that extended from the back of my Buck 186 that the Allen key screwed onto. I had a hardened screw I used and it would shatter a side window if you hit it at the right angle.
Look up Prince Rupert's Drop to see some cool science stuff with glass.
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Tempered glass is some pretty tough stuff, I used the bolt that extended from the back of my Buck 186 that the Allen key screwed onto. I had a hardened screw I used and it would shatter a side window if you hit it at the right angle. Look up Prince Rupert's Drop to see some cool science stuff with glass.
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This was a very useful thread, and I am glad someone brought it up. I liked the tip of using the corners and making an X with the carbide tips... Who cares if it's a 6 years old thread.
What I heard about carbide tips on house glass is that breaking house glass with steel makes shards, while carbide makes a chain reaction that makes tiny pebbles...
It seems to me spring loading prevents your arm from going into the path of falling glass.
Gaston
What I heard about carbide tips on house glass is that breaking house glass with steel makes shards, while carbide makes a chain reaction that makes tiny pebbles...
It seems to me spring loading prevents your arm from going into the path of falling glass.
Gaston
Breaking non-tempered glass results in shards. Doesn't matter what you break it with.
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Lets put this one back to bed.
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