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Step 4Breaking Glass

Breaking Glass
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Put your light bulb on a piece of newspaper so that you shouldn't have to worry about glass on the floor.

Take the sharp end of a hammer (not the hammering part, the part you pull nails out with) and gently tap the bulb. Eventually the glass should break or . After it does, the other side and pick of the glass and metal cap. You should have fairly large pieces.
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Jun 24, 2009. 6:21 PMp4trick95 says:
the "sharp part" of the hammer is called the peen.

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