LF: Glass/Acrylic Scraps

[Der_Iron_Chef]

Awesome...thanks guys...and gal

So, I'm just wondering about cutting the glass. Admittedly, I did have a nice big chunk of glass here that I tried to cut....and almost succeeded. I guess I'm just not confident in my ability to do that!

Is anyone more confident in that regard? Tony? Catherine? Beuller?

[michika]

The trick is the following:

1) score the glass
2) put something under the score, just big enough to provide a pressure point. I, or Kevin ('cause breaking glass scares me).
3) put pressure on either side of the pressure point, and break!

[Delphinus]

I've never been able to do a clean break. It ALWAYS follows the score line for about 3/4 of the way, then curls left or right after that. Well, OK, I've done it a couple of times successfully but more times it went like that instead of successfully. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. People keep telling me that it's easy, but I truly do suck at it. So don't ask me. I do have a glass cutter/scorer thing you could borrow if you want but they're only about $12 at Rona/HD/etc. And of course, who's to say my cutter/scorer thingymabob isn't the problem itself..

[NateL]

I used to work at a showerdoor shop. The way we used to cut glass/mirrors was to make the score with the glass cutter, then tap the edge of the glass at the score with the other end of the the cutter to start the break(our cutters had a bulb at the end), then move the score to the edge of the table and push down to continue the break. Another way is to put a dowel under the score and pretty much to the same think. It is pretty easy, but it does take some practice to get it right everytime. I hope this helps.

Nate