Yeah @thomasb41, that "built to fail" thing is so real. I mean, it's not just parts, it feels like everything from appliances to tools is just cheap junk now. You fix one thing and something else breaks in a month.

Talc works great for that! I've used baby powder in a pinch and it made the sand fall right out. Definitely beats buying more tools.

Oh man, that hits home. I used to press down so hard with my glass cutter I'm shocked I didn't just snap the wheel off. Felt like I was trying to carve my initials into a brick. @oscarb16, my other big mistake was going back over the same score line five times like I was shading in a drawing. Just made a messy, crushed-up edge that never broke clean. All that force and it still wouldn't run right. Total waste of energy.

Wow, that's the creepiest case of shared dreaming I've ever heard of.

Last summer I tried ice water in the vase.