DIY Glass Cutting Question

You are half right Jon!! With thick glass you score exactly as with any other glass but the breaking will require more force, courage and ingenuity! Only do straight line scores a few inches away from an edge - 6" or more is easier than just a couple of inches if it is a big piece of glass. The simplest method is to break it over an edge by raising the edge of the glass a foot or so then cracking it down onto the table edge with the score line on the edge of the table. Make sure you keep hold of the cut-off piece of glass as it will break off in one go. You can achieve the same result if you put a long piece of dowel (sort of wooden rod) under the score line and thump the start of the score line hard with one fist each side of the score line and an inch away from the line - just like putting a matchstick under a piece of 1/8" glass with a straight score line scratched, and pressing down with your thumbs. Dont bother trying to cut curves unless you have the use of a band saw, ringsaw or similar.

just a note, if the glass is tempered, it will shatter into hundreds of chips. If it is safety glass it will have a small mark in a corner and will necessitate cutting through a 'membrane' halfway through . m

"Michele Blank" wrote in news:%ThVa.78190$ snipped-for-privacy@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net:

If it's safety glass, I'll be in heaven. That stuff is -really- not cheap, and my dad's been wanting to get some of it. I'm fairly certain it's just regular glass though.