Breaking Glass with Swivel Pliers

Video Transcript

"Hello. Today, we're talking about copper foiling and we're giving a break down on our tools. Right now I'd like to talk to you about breaking pliers. There are a few different choices that you have. This one right here is the Swivel End Breaking plier, called such because it has a swiveling end. If you notice, there's a little edge right here that you would line up with your glass score. And we've already pre-scored some of our glass. This part right here is actually going to go underneath on the side of the glass that we have not scored. This part will go on the side that is scored. So you take it and you line up your knob, right underneath that score and you would swivel this to where that line is straight with your running line. And you just squeeze, very gently. And you heard it crack and probably saw it run. Right there. And you go to the other side. Hear that? And then, what you need to do is gently tap this from behind and it should, well...let's try and run that a little more. There, just like that."