Can I cut a piece of glass 1/2" thick the same way I cut 1/8" window glass ? With a handheld carbide cutter ?

Question

This is a tabletop glass.

Answer 1

cutting heavy plate takes alot of experience and is dangerous. it could be tempered and that means you can't cut it. take it to a glass shop.

Answer 2

No. To cut thick glass you need a cutter with a sharper V edge (135 degree or greater) and you need a heavy tapper. I have just started doing this and cast my own tapper from lead then another from brass to go on the end of a dowel rod. I went to a big company near my house that does table tops and mirrors and stood in admiration as a guy hand scribed 3 foot long curves then used a $45 brass tapper to start in the middle and open the crack. When I went home and got a 134 degree cutter, standard glass cutting fluid, and the proper tapper, it was far easier than before.
Go to a tabletop place and ask if you can take off some of their scrap.
If it is tempered (and most thick table top glasses are NOT) then if you try to cut it it will shatter into thousands of tiny square pieces.
see this site from the people who make the cutters.
http://www.fletcher-terry.com/hardware/fletcher/thick.shtml
http://users.ticnet.com/mikefirth/hotbit49.htm#MANNGLS
http://www.crlaurence.com/productpages/0/02F_963.html
http://www.crlaurence.com/ProductPages/G/GT366_1023.html?Origin=

Answer 3

How To Cut Thick Glass

Answer 4

if its table top glass it is tempered and cannot be cut...i tried once and the piece exploded...take the measurements to a glass shop and order a new piece...maybe you can work out a deal and exchange the one you have...

Answer 5

Artery

Answer 6

Those are cut with a diamond abrasive reciprocating saw. Something like using a jig saw. Then the edge is polished against a disc using diamond dust.

Answer 7

That glass is tempered, it will shatter.