Start with a clean dry piece of glass and use a sharp tool to lightly score the line you want to cut.
How to cut glass sheet.
Dip a glass cutter into oil and grasp it like a pencil then carefully pull the cutter along the mark you made to score the glass.
Hold the sheet of glass in your hands and carefully apply minor pressure from your wrists to break the glass along the score.
Lay the glass on a clean flat layered surface.
Push the jigsaw from the outer edge towards your body along the line you made so you can constantly keep your eye on the blade and the line.
Place your two pointer fingers on the underside of the glass one of each side of the score.
Heat the wire until it s red hot.
Next hold the yardstick to the marked line and run.
Smooth the edges with fine sandpaper or a sharpening stone.
Anyone can do this.
Measure the glass to the required dimensions.
Start by resting the wheel of the cutter just off of the glass on the far side of the sheet then draw it toward you while applying consistent downward pressure as you pull the cutter across the surface.
Put your two thumbs on the top of the glass one on each side of the score and just break it open like you would break a chocolate bar.
This video shows how to cut glass and mirrors with a manual hand held glass cutter.
This is extremely simple when using the proper tools.
For example to cut a 10 inch wide piece of glass measure 9 7 8 inches and then make a mark.
Use a framing square.
If it doesn t break through completely to the other side apply more pressure and lightly twist your hands to encourage the split.
To compensate for the offset subtract 1 8 inch from the desired measurement.
Use the head of the glass cutter to elevate the glass.
Set up the acrylic glass on 2 beams so that you can cut through it with the jigsaw.
Firmly hold the material on both sides of the cut.
Apply pressure and break it apart as if you were opening the spine of a book.
Lay the sheet on a flat surface and using a yardstick and a permanent marker or a grease marker measure and draw the line you wish to cut.
Cut a curved line with a jigsaw.
Make sure your wire is longer than the cut with the ends shaped into loops.
