cutting double thickness on Gryphon bandsaw

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Linda Hassur
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cutting double thickness on Gryphon bandsaw

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I am wanting to use two pieces of glass to cut a 13 inch fish. It will need to be cut on the Gryphon band saw. Can I glue two pieces of glass together so it would cut as one? What kind of glue and how much. Thanks Linda
Michael
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To avoid seperating problems after the glass is cut and cleaning the glue off how about using tape, parcel or insulation tape should do it.
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Judy Schnabel
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Linda,

I could be wrong, and if I am I'm sure someone will correct me, but I believe I read in my Taurus booklet that the saw is designed to cut only one layer of glass.

I do a lot of fish using two layers of glass. I cut each layer separately.
However, my very first saw (God it was awful!!) :evil: suggested if you wanted to cut two layers you could put the layers together with rubber cement. But I never tried it.

Judy
Linda Hassur
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Post by Linda Hassur »

Would it be better to fuse the two pieces of glass together before trying to cut with a saw? Linda
Tracy
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cutting double thickness on gryphon bandsaw

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Linda-
I think the gryphon bandsaw is capable of cutting multiple layers of glass at a time. That said, I tried to cut three layers of glass once with lots of curves to the design and ended up with a ruined blade.

-Tracy
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