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Originally Posted by sidslotm
Me, I would use the provided shelves for the time being and bide my time. Something will turn up and them you can fix it the way you like.
The glass your buying must have finished edges judging by the price, thats a lot of money if there not.
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Yeah....fully finished @£24 a pop for 6mm thickness.
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Originally Posted by sober
Glass cutting isnt easy . I did it for over 20 years . You will need a new glass cutter . You can sharpen old ones but you need a slate stone and its impossible to do if you dont know what you are doing . Ok , so you have a new cutter . You also need a straight edge , something like a thin piece of wood say no more than 6mm thick and about 2 inches wide . Some oil , any type will do . Be careful you dont get toughened glass because if you score that it will explode . Laminated glass like whats in shower doors is no good either . Lay the glass down on a blanket on a table . Warning dont ever carry glass flat . Placing on a table etc you should be holding vertically one hand on top and one on bottom . Rest the glass on the edge of the table and slowly tip it onto the table keeping the glass resting on the edge of the table at all times . Put a blanket on a table and put the glass on the blanket .
glass cutting.
The glass cutter wheel has to be perfect . In other words if you go over a cut you just did with the wheel then its destroyed . So what you do is start at the top of the pane and in one smooth stroke with even pressure cut down the length of the glass . Clean the glass where you will be cutting and dip the end of the cutter in some oil (engine oil etc) so you have a nice wet cut . Never cut dry . Get someone to press down on the wooden straight edge at the top and press down the wooden straight edge at the bottom with your left hand . You dont want the straight edge to move but not too much pressure .
Holding the cutter
Hold it exactly like a pencil . Except have the shaft of the cutter in between the index and middle finger .
You just want enough pressure to score the glass . You are not trying to cut thru the glass , just scoring the surface .
Once its scored
Lift the edge of the glass up and place the straight edge under the cut . Put some gloves on and slightly press down on the glass . It should just snap .
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Good advice...reminds of the few 10" show tanks I built for showing tropical fish years ago.
I think I broke every tip you've given and paid for it in extra purchases of glass sheeting
I thank you all for your input, it is very muchh appreciated but being a lazy sod (on a good day) I'm leaning towards the expensive option.....fully finished/ready for fitting and a mile or so down the road
When the pictures are posted of the finished assembly you can all tell me how I've wasted my money