Frustrating Mirror Project!
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- Опубліковано 10 чер 2024
- Bathroom Remodel Part 17: Today, I finished caulking the shower where the tiles meet the pan. I also hung the new shelves I built from a roadside table top. I also started building the new vanity mirror, and although I thought it was going to be a fairly straight forward project, it gave me trouble the whole way!
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When cutting glass with a glass cutter you don't really want to be scoring over and over the same line, as this can actually make it fracture in different directions as it weakens the score.
I do a lot of stained glass work and I use an oil fed cutter that cost me about £15. I only ever score once, and for big pieces like this I flip the glass over, and press on the reverse side (with nothing underneath, just the glass on a flat surface) until it breaks.Sometimes I will tap along the score to help the fracture develop.
Having a decent cutter helps, and making sure you retain an even amount of pressure and an even cutting angle behind the cutter when scoring is also a large factor for success. This mirror glass looks quite thick (6mm?) which will also make it harder to break evenly.
Sorry for long comment, but hope it helps for future glass projects!
And if you don't have the fancy auto feed type just use a small brush and apply some oil or kerosene to the glass prior to cutting. And yes, you only want to cut once.
Emile Theart Yes, this is what I used to do before I properly got into stained glass work and invested in specialist tools :)
I also prefer the auto feed cutter. I worked in stained glass professionally for about 10 years. Loved every minute. Busy renovating our old house and have got some glass work to do. Will definately post some video's of that.
Yes, it was an old mirror and quite thick (1/4"). My second cut was after just one good score and it broke better. I've had good cuts before on thinner glass using the stick underneath for leverage, but next time I'll try flipping it over and try breaking it that way.
I've never been so scared while watching a video, haha! both with breaking the mirror and also with the freehand cut on the table saw. terrifying stuff from my point of view! I'm excited to see the bathroom all finished up
I was cringing the whole time you were cutting the mirror! Glad it worked out!
Mirror frame design is brilliant.
I love the design of the frame on the mirror!!! It's beautiful and unique!!
Hey Kevin, those little notches on that glass cutter is for taking off small pieces and the ball at the end is for tapping the score line. Also, you never want to score a mirror or glass more than once. That being said I glad that worked out for you and you were able to get it without losing all your mirror. :-)
This was an old mirror that was 1/4" thick. The little notches on the cutter weren't big enough, and the ball tap didn't work on it either. I've used both on thinner pieces of glass, but this mirror was too beefy. I had to put pretty good pressure on it to get it to snap. Next time, I do one good score, flip it over, and apply pressure to the cut until it starts to fracture and snaps.
Really enjoy your videos thank you. When using your table saw please use a push stick and never cut anything freehand :)
I was pretty worried about you leaning on the glass. Was imagining it cracking and you somehow slicing your arm on it.
Whew, your wrists were so close I was cringing and hoping a piece of glass did not jump up and cut you. That was scary.
I've always had trouble cutting old glass.
I always thought you could sand glass smooth on the edges.
I'm sure there's ways to do it right. I'm thinking it's probably a wet sanded with a stone or something.
Love the videos Kevin but a 16 minute video at 360p is hard to get through. Thanks for all the tips though!
You should be able to change the resolution at the bottom corner of each video. It's shot in HD.
Sounds like it is time for a new saw blade on the table saw. Sounded dull. :)
I think the table saw blade is still in decent shape. The blade on my cheap little sliding miter saw is really dull though. It spits out more smoke than saw dust now. lol
I thought you had a machine that cuts things like glass and other fragile materials. The machine that uses water. Mirrors can't be cut with that?
Brittany Karlek It sure can! Stained/fused glass artists use glass cutters similar to this (but often with an oil chamber to help lubricate the tool). If you look up some stained glass videos here on UA-cam you can see for yourself :) It's really satisfying to watch a skilled glass artist cutting glass with this method. Water jet cutting machines are used on bigger scale glass projects.
I considered using it, but I probably would have had to build some type of table to balance the mirror on it. I thought the little red cutter would be quicker, but it probably wasn't.
This was awesome! Can't wait to see the end results! Also, you look like you're losing weight lol this project must be really tedious lol
just posting to let ya know that video playback for this video is having issues. It says the video format is not supported. never had an issue with your videos before so I wanted to let ya know just in case ur views are down. phone works fine just issue with watching on my TV now.
Same issues, here. Either the format or constant buffering. All previous vids have played fine.