Thick cuts with Taurus 11

Linda Denli · Post by **Linda Denli** » Fri Apr 02, 2004 9:15 am

Having been inspired by all the high fire and pot melt posts recently I have made some quite interesting pieces, however cutting them into circles seems to be a tricky. The one I cut today was 3/8th inches in thickness with a diameter of 16 inches. I used the little circle cutter device which came adrift three times during the cutting process. Cutting was very slow and I didn't think I was going to make it to the end of the cut without some sort of disaster, I didn't want to push it too hard in case I broke the blade.

If anyone has any advice on cutting thick circles I'd be very grateful to hear from you.

Best wishes

Linda

Jackie Beckman · Post by **Jackie Beckman** » Fri Apr 02, 2004 10:05 am

I use a tile saw for this and just keep making straight cuts on it until it's circle-ish then finish it up on the WBS. Bert would probably just use a regular hand cutter, but I know for sure I can't do it that way!

Brock · Post by **Brock** » Fri Apr 02, 2004 10:16 am

I cut them by hand, but it's not for everybody, i guess. Brock

Bert Weiss · Post by **Bert Weiss** » Fri Apr 02, 2004 12:46 pm

Brock wrote:I cut them by hand, but it's not for everybody, i guess. Brock

I'm heartened to hear that it can work with the right touch. I suggest that you need a good pair of pliers that are designed for cutting thicker glass, the right cutter (134Âº angle wheel). Oh yeah, I'd use kerosene here just to be safer. Mineral spirits will evaporate before you are done.

Brock, is your strategy to cut a circle 1" larger all around and then plier the score along to run it? I would probably take that approach with glass that is not transparent.

Brock · Post by **Brock** » Fri Apr 02, 2004 1:26 pm

Bert Weiss wrote:
Brock wrote:I cut them by hand, but it's not for everybody, i guess. Brock

I'm heartened to hear that it can work with the right touch. I suggest that you need a good pair of pliers that are designed for cutting thicker glass, the right cutter (134Âº angle wheel). Oh yeah, I'd use kerosene here just to be safer. Mineral spirits will evaporate before you are done.

Brock, is your strategy to cut a circle 1" larger all around and then plier the score along to run it? I would probably take that approach with glass that is not transparent.[/quote

Yup! I haven't ever had a problem with this method, but I make sure I get a good solid score, then just snap away the excess. I don't have professional tools for this, just my normal stuff. It works, but ya gotta believe! Brock