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Cutting glass mirror
Hello all, I have a large 7 foot by 5 foot 1/4" thick glass mirror I
would like to cut. Can anyone tell me if thats possible to do with a hand wheel glass cutter? If so what are the best ways to go about it? Thanks. |
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"Chris Mares" wrote in message news:Ykiyc.79417$Yr.38919@okepread04... Hello all, I have a large 7 foot by 5 foot 1/4" thick glass mirror I would like to cut. Can anyone tell me if thats possible to do with a hand wheel glass cutter? If so what are the best ways to go about it? Thanks. Lay the mirror on the worktable so you can see yourself in it, mark where you want to score and score it there. Break out the cut-off area, seam the edge, mount it to hang and hang it and on to the next project. Nothing mysterious about cutting it, and the last thing you want to do is mash too hard on the cutter. just cause it's 1/4" glass does not mean you must mash on it. Biggest error I've seen. |
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"Javahut" wrote in message ... "Chris Mares" wrote in message news:Ykiyc.79417$Yr.38919@okepread04... Hello all, I have a large 7 foot by 5 foot 1/4" thick glass mirror I would like to cut. Can anyone tell me if thats possible to do with a hand wheel glass cutter? If so what are the best ways to go about it? Thanks. Lay the mirror on the worktable so you can see yourself in it, mark where you want to score and score it there. Break out the cut-off area, seam the edge, mount it to hang and hang it and on to the next project. Nothing mysterious about cutting it, and the last thing you want to do is mash too hard on the cutter. just cause it's 1/4" glass does not mean you must mash on it. Biggest error I've seen. Ummmm...one more thing. Use a "dull" cutter or one with a flat angle wheel. (Hell, ALL my cutters are dull....) |
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"Chris Mares" wrote in message news:Ykiyc.79417$Yr.38919@okepread04... Hello all, I have a large 7 foot by 5 foot 1/4" thick glass mirror I would like to cut. Can anyone tell me if thats possible to do with a hand wheel glass cutter? If so what are the best ways to go about it? Thanks. My take is that this is too big a project for a novice to do successfully. -- JK Sinrod Sinrod Stained Glass Studios www.sinrodstudios.com Coney Island Memories www.sinrodstudios.com/coneymemories |
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To run your score lift the edge, carefully, and slip a wood pencil (or
dowel) directly below the score.... press down evenly and equally on both sides, and it SHOULD run neatly across and separate .... voila! Actually, if you can get some scraps of 1/4" glass from a glass shop to practice on it would be a good idea! They'll often have several 6" wide x 40+" long scraps in their dumpsters. That mirror costs a lot these days, ya know. Cheers, Jacques Bordeleau ================================================== ========== "Moonraker" wrote in message ... "Javahut" wrote in message ... "Chris Mares" wrote in message news:Ykiyc.79417$Yr.38919@okepread04... Hello all, I have a large 7 foot by 5 foot 1/4" thick glass mirror I would like to cut. Can anyone tell me if thats possible to do with a hand wheel glass cutter? If so what are the best ways to go about it? Thanks. Lay the mirror on the worktable so you can see yourself in it, mark where you want to score and score it there. Break out the cut-off area, seam the edge, mount it to hang and hang it and on to the next project. Nothing mysterious about cutting it, and the last thing you want to do is mash too hard on the cutter. just cause it's 1/4" glass does not mean you must mash on it. Biggest error I've seen. Ummmm...one more thing. Use a "dull" cutter or one with a flat angle wheel. (Hell, ALL my cutters are dull....) |
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"jk" wrote in message et... "Chris Mares" wrote in message news:Ykiyc.79417$Yr.38919@okepread04... Hello all, I have a large 7 foot by 5 foot 1/4" thick glass mirror I would like to cut. Can anyone tell me if thats possible to do with a hand wheel glass cutter? If so what are the best ways to go about it? Thanks. My take is that this is too big a project for a novice to do successfully. I think I agree...a piece of 7' x 5' x1/4" mirror is a two man project to get it on a cutting table (safely). I didn't notice the mirror's size when I first read the post. |
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"Moonraker" wrote in message . .. "jk" wrote in message et... "Chris Mares" wrote in message news:Ykiyc.79417$Yr.38919@okepread04... Hello all, I have a large 7 foot by 5 foot 1/4" thick glass mirror I would like to cut. Can anyone tell me if thats possible to do with a hand wheel glass cutter? If so what are the best ways to go about it? Thanks. My take is that this is too big a project for a novice to do successfully. I think I agree...a piece of 7' x 5' x1/4" mirror is a two man project to get it on a cutting table (safely). I didn't notice the mirror's size when I first read the post. Don't twist it or torque it and your fine, use the edge of the table as your 2nd person, handle it like a board you don't want to warp. |
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"Javahut" wrote in message ... "Moonraker" wrote in message . .. "jk" wrote in message et... "Chris Mares" wrote in message news:Ykiyc.79417$Yr.38919@okepread04... Hello all, I have a large 7 foot by 5 foot 1/4" thick glass mirror I would like to cut. Can anyone tell me if thats possible to do with a hand wheel glass cutter? If so what are the best ways to go about it? Thanks. My take is that this is too big a project for a novice to do successfully. I think I agree...a piece of 7' x 5' x1/4" mirror is a two man project to get it on a cutting table (safely). I didn't notice the mirror's size when I first read the post. Don't twist it or torque it and your fine, use the edge of the table as your 2nd person, handle it like a board you don't want to warp. What does it weigh? 100-110 lbs or more? I'll politely pass on handling it by myself...thanks anyway. Besides the possibility of hurting my already sore shoulder even worse....breaking the fool thing would be costly. Not to mention 7 years of bad luck. |
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What does it weigh? 100-110 lbs or more? I'll politely pass on handling it by myself...thanks anyway. Besides the possibility of hurting my already sore shoulder even worse....breaking the fool thing would be costly. Not to mention 7 years of bad luck. OK, with your shoulder, I can see it not being "ergonomically" but the weight is way off. Think of 4 x 8 ft 3/4" plywood, that doesn't weigh 100 lbs, I haven't looked it up, and probably should, but 60 X 84, 1/4" plate is a common size, and easily handled in a glazing shop. Weight isn't the factor, its moving with it, but a person should only do what they feel confidant in doing. |
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Not at all.. Not any harder to cut than art glass, just larger sizes. To be
sure the break goes where you score put cutting oil or kerosene on the line before you score it. Byron... Wells Glassworks www.wellsglassworks.com My take is that this is too big a project for a novice to do successfully. -- JK Sinrod Sinrod Stained Glass Studios www.sinrodstudios.com Coney Island Memories www.sinrodstudios.com/coneymemories |
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