Cutting Very Thick Glass Slabs

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Judd
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Cutting Very Thick Glass Slabs

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I put this in the New-Bee section because I must be doing something wrong.

So, I bought the Harbor Freight 10" tile saw.
Love it.
And I bought the His Glassworks blade. This one to be exact:
10 Inch x .040 Inch Result Medium Diamond Blade

So, I'm sawing slabs of glass, approximately 3" wide by 10" long.

It takes FOREVER!!!
OMG, to saw one slab is like 2 hours.

What am I doing wrong?

Should I use a rougher blade, then sand the glass with diamond grit?
Is here a machine that will feed the glass into the blade ?
Am I using the blade wrong?

What?
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Post by Kevin Midgley »

you could tie a pail of sand to the cutting table to pull the glass into the saw.
Murphy's law states if something will go wrong it will...especially if you are not there watching.
Only takes a moment with no water to destroy a blade.....

This may be way quicker:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1PC-Hea ... st=ae803_1
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Post by Tom Fuhrman »

you don't say what the thickness of the slabs are. I used to cut slabs that were 1" thick and 12" square in a few minutes with a MK saw and a 10" blade I don't know what you're doing wrong. lots of water , a good saw, and a good blade should do it. I also used to cut large pieces of optical Schott crystal for sculptures that were 3" thick and they never took anywhere close to 2 hours.
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If it will upload, this is an example of what I'm doing.
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the finished product here.
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You didn't answer the question.. "How thick"??
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Post by Judd »

Sorry Don, we miscommunicated. I said in the initial post it was 3"x10" long. The block is 3" thick.
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That saw does a better job with a blade stabilizer on it.
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I'll try that too. Thank you.
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Post by Marty »

The Result blades may need to be dressed before the first use to remove any plating material covering the outer layer of diamond. Run the blade (wet) through a chunk of brick or silicon carbide sharpening stone; just a couple of cuts should do it. Some people have a fetish about dressing the blades, sometimes before every cut. Don't.
I've had Result blades that lasted years when treated respectfully.

I just sawed a pattern bar 2" thick by 6" long by 4" wide in half the long way- one 1" cut on top, flip and cut again- it took about 40 seconds and had me wondering- is your plate 3" thick?
What does the whole thing weigh?
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When I cut my glass blocks, I'm cutting through at least 3" by 6" to 10" inches in length.
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Post by Marty »

3" wide, ok. How about thickness? Are you making a pot melt (or whatever) that's 3" thick (by 3" wide by 6-10" long)?
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3" is the thickness. I am sawing through 3" of glass, 10" or so inches in length.
Yeah, I'd doing pattern bars (see pics above).
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