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GLASS SETTER

Specialty Definition: GLASS SETTER

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Installs glass in windows, skylights, store fronts, and display cases, or on surfaces, such as building fronts, interior walls, ceilings, and tabletops: Marks outline or pattern on glass, and cuts glass, using glasscutter. Breaks off excess glass by hand or with notched tool. Fastens glass panes into wood sash with glazier's points, and spreads and smooths putty around edge of panes with knife to seal joints. Installs mirrors or structural glass on building fronts, walls, ceilings, or tables, using mastic, screws, or decorative molding. Bolts metal hinges, handles, locks, and other hardware to prefabricated glass doors. Sets glass doors into frame and fits hinges. May install metal window and door frames into which glass panels are to be fitted. May press plastic adhesive film to glass or spray glass with tinting solution to prevent light glare. May install stained glass windows. May assemble and install metal-framed glass enclosures for showers and be designated Shower-Enclosure Installer (construction). May be designated according to type of glass installed as Glazier, Structural Glass (construction); Plate-Glass Installer (construction). (references)
 Installs glass in millwork products, such as doors, window sashes, china closets, and office partitions: Places door or sash on worktable and inserts precut glass in opening, or inserts glass as products pass on conveyor, using either of following methods: (1) Inserts precut molding into window opening around edges of glass and taps molding against glass edges, using hammer and wood block. Tacks molding to frame, using hammer or staple gun. (2) Fastens glass into window opening, driving glazier's points into frame over glass, using point-driving tool. Presses and smooths putty into angle formed by glass and wood to make joint watertight, using putty knife. May spread sealing compound around edges of opening before inserting glass, using air gun or knife. May fit framed glass into openings in doors and screw frame to door, using screwdriver. May cut glass [GLASS CUTTER (any industry) 775.684-022]. May be designated according to glass installed as Door-Glass Installer (saw. & plan.); Window Assembler (saw. & plan.). (references)
 Mounts glass vials in level bodies (frames) or vial cases: Inserts vial in body or case, and holds vial in position, using specially designed holder, wood wedges, or paper. Mixes plaster with liquids to desired consistency. Levels frame or case on bench plate, or clamps it in fixture and applies plaster around enclosed vial, using handtools. Adjusts vial to center bubble and smooths plaster, using trowel. Removes excess plaster, using handtools and compressed airhose. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: GLASS SETTER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-g-l-r-s-s-s-t-t"

-2 letters: largesses, stateless, tasteless.

-3 letters: alertest, eelgrass, estreats, gateless, gearless, gestalts, gestates, greatest, largesse, reslates, restages, restates, restless, retastes, seatless, settlers, starless, starlets, startles, stealers, sterlets, tearless, tressels, trestles.

-4 letters: ageless, artless, asserts, eaglets, earless, easters, elaters, ergates, estates, estreat, galeres, gasless, gassers, gasters, gelates, gestalt, gestate, getters, glasses, grasses, greases, largess, largest, lasters.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: GLASS SETTER


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

47 4C 41 53 53      53 45 54 54 45 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000111 01001100 01000001 01010011 01010011 00100000 01010011 01000101 01010100 01010100 01000101 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#71 &#76 &#65 &#83 &#83 &#32 &#83 &#69 &#84 &#84 &#69 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0047 004C 0041 0053 0053      0053 0045 0054 0054 0045 0052

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

41463553532533954543952

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