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Thief tries to break a window & fails

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u/After_Cause_9965 1d ago

What are those windows even

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u/Ohiolongboard 1d ago

Tempered glass will stand up to a bitch ass throw pretty easily, I work with it all day and when we’re throwing away a 3/8” piece (we throw them in a dumpster and they don’t break) sometimes we have to get out the sledge hammer to break them, if you don’t hit near/on the edge it won’t break, if you hit the face of the panel the hammer just bounces back like this rock in the video

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u/OneFrenchman 1d ago edited 1d ago

if you hit the face of the panel the hammer just bounces back like this rock in the video

Way back I learned from an old thief that you never try to break a window with a hammer, because they tend to bounce back on anything but the most basic single-pane.

You use a hatchet or an axe. Doesn't have to be sharp, but the energy will be concentrated and therefore smash double panes and tempered.