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A word of caution
Extremely sharp edges. You can easily sever your fingers or other body parts. Please be very careful and if in doubt, dont! A word of advice when cutting - do not rush. Be patience and calm thinking of the danger and what you are doing.
The tools:
http://forum.simplydiscus.com//s...ead.php?t=36435
Cutting glass actually isn’t that difficult once you do it. Basically there is no room for errors, not like cutting wood/plastic. The worst part is that once you have scored the glass, that’s it. Sometimes the glass ‘breaks’ not along the score line and the glass is wasted. It happens but not too worry. Practice makes prefect. Id recommend finding some scrap 3mm glass and cutting it just to get the feel for it how the cutter scores the glass, the sound of a good score, the feel and sound of breaking the glass. Once you feel comfortable with cutting/breaking, you can start with the thicker glass and building you tank. Btw, more on building/designing the tank later.
So, now your ready to cut the glass. You have all the supplies and tools required. The glass you have cleaned until you can comb your hair in the reflection. The next step is finding a good sized area for you to work. I prefer the floor because I can put some muscle (actually weight) into the cutting. You should be able to move around the glass or be able to rotate the glass easily without any obstructions. You will also want a ‘mat’ of some sort because there will be some glass pieces that fall off. You certainly don’t want them to get into the carpet or on the floor where you step on and cut up your feet. In my case, Ive chosen a cardboard that afterwards I fold up and discard.
You can see the tools that I'm working with, the Tsquare, a dryeraser marker, measuring tape, cutting tool and tile plier.
The first thing you will want to do is see if your piece of glass is square. It’s a pain to put a tank together when the pieces are not square. This is where I use the Tsquare.
Extremely sharp edges. You can easily sever your fingers or other body parts. Please be very careful and if in doubt, dont! A word of advice when cutting - do not rush. Be patience and calm thinking of the danger and what you are doing.
The tools:
http://forum.simplydiscus.com//s...ead.php?t=36435
Cutting glass actually isn’t that difficult once you do it. Basically there is no room for errors, not like cutting wood/plastic. The worst part is that once you have scored the glass, that’s it. Sometimes the glass ‘breaks’ not along the score line and the glass is wasted. It happens but not too worry. Practice makes prefect. Id recommend finding some scrap 3mm glass and cutting it just to get the feel for it how the cutter scores the glass, the sound of a good score, the feel and sound of breaking the glass. Once you feel comfortable with cutting/breaking, you can start with the thicker glass and building you tank. Btw, more on building/designing the tank later.
So, now your ready to cut the glass. You have all the supplies and tools required. The glass you have cleaned until you can comb your hair in the reflection. The next step is finding a good sized area for you to work. I prefer the floor because I can put some muscle (actually weight) into the cutting. You should be able to move around the glass or be able to rotate the glass easily without any obstructions. You will also want a ‘mat’ of some sort because there will be some glass pieces that fall off. You certainly don’t want them to get into the carpet or on the floor where you step on and cut up your feet. In my case, Ive chosen a cardboard that afterwards I fold up and discard.
You can see the tools that I'm working with, the Tsquare, a dryeraser marker, measuring tape, cutting tool and tile plier.
The first thing you will want to do is see if your piece of glass is square. It’s a pain to put a tank together when the pieces are not square. This is where I use the Tsquare.
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