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[phisrow]

Yeah. Due to a lack of proper tools, I've had to do some glass cutting with a standard Dremel abrasive wheel. If you can avoid it, don't. The wheels burn through fairly quickly, and so have to be changed, while the glass forms a mixture of tiny fibreglass threads and little shards. If you focus on one spot too long, it cracks. Luckily, I've been wearing hand, eye, and respiratory protection.

 

[giantpinkbunnyhead]

LOL.. learned that the hard way, did ya? It's funny though, Dremels are the most useful things on the planet, right up there with WD40 and duct tape... that when you find something they're not so great at, it's like... wtf?

 

[drnickriviera]

Originally posted by: giantpinkbunnyhead
Dremels are the most useless things on the planet,

Corrected
They are rarely the right tool for the job. Only useful when you need to do small detail work.

 

[giantpinkbunnyhead]

Originally posted by: drnickriviera

Originally posted by: giantpinkbunnyhead
Dremels are the most useless things on the planet,

Corrected
They are rarely the right tool for the job. Only useful when you need to do small detail work.

It just so happens my work is almost exclusively small detail work, so I stand by my original statement. They are incredibly useful. Opinions don't need correcting.

 

[phisrow]

I knew it wasn't the right tool; but I didn't know that it was so very wrong(my tool kit here is pretty much Hammer, Screwdrivers, Utility Knife, Ghastly Solvents, Dremel, so I didn't have too much choice in the matter).

I figured that if cutting steel isn't so bad, glass couldn't be too much worse. Yes it can, phisrow, yes it can.

 

[OrganizedChaos]

don't blame the dremel because your using the wrong attachment.

 

[DaTT]

Originally posted by: phisrow
I knew it wasn't the right tool; but I didn't know that it was so very wrong(my tool kit here is pretty much Hammer, Screwdrivers, Utility Knife, Ghastly Solvents, Dremel, so I didn't have too much choice in the matter).

I figured that if cutting steel isn't so bad, glass couldn't be too much worse. Yes it can, phisrow, yes it can.

Should've just used your hammer

 

[olds]

Try keeping it cool by spraying water on it. Better yet, use a glass cutter if possible. One of the trickiest cuts we used to make was for switches and receptacles in mirror walls.

 

[LookingGlass]

Yup, you needed a diamond head wheel for that, they come in different sizes, etc, very useful. I do a lot of small detail work as well, dremel, or foredom is good, I have many many bits to choose from. It is a handy tool. Can't live without one.

 

[ATLien247]

I take it you're making a fairly complex cut. Otherwise, wouldn't you just be able to score the glass and then break it?

 

[SoftwareEng]

it's kinda obvious

vibration will shatter the glass. the tool needs to go smoothly, so you have to use that pizza cutter devic0r.

 

[chambersc]

did anyone else read "Cutting grass with Dremel sucks?"

 

[dman]

Originally posted by: chambersc
did anyone else read "Cutting grass with Dremel sucks?"

Back in my day we had to use manual rotary tools. That's right, we turned the crank by hand and by the time you got it to 30K RPM we were tired and sore but we didn't complain, because in my parents day they didn't have fancy rotary tools to do the job, they had sticks and rocks...