Cut Stained Glass Using A Straight Edge And A Hand Cutter 

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Glass Artists Newsletter - January 2012 More Newsletters You can read our current newsletter here on-line each month, free of charge. We hope you will take the opportunity to let your stained glass artist friends know about the newsletter and if you have students, encourage them to read it. If you'd like a reminder when a new issue is published simply send us your e-mail address. In the meantime, we welcome your input and support. Let us know if you have tips and techniques or product information you'd like to share. We finished the holidays in a rush, seems like they came and went in no time. It was great to have so many projects to work on. Now that the shows are complete, we hope to be able to work on some inspirational women panels. Jeanne has a piece featured in the "Skateboard" show at the Terra Nova gallery. Skateboard of "OZ" design that Jeanne airbrushed and attached cut glass and slumped glass mosaic. Some of the many skateboards hanging at Terra Nova Gallery, they have extended the show thru February.   I like to return to the basics as often as possible, we haven't covered them all and when we do, we'll have an instruction manual worth reading.    Cut Glass using a straight edge   When using a straight edge, I often like to pull the glass just to the table edge so that the t-square fits right over the edge of the glass. You can view the video of using a straight edge at the bottom of this page I'm right handed, so I use my left hand to hold the straight edge against the far edge of the glass. I angle the cutter so that there is a lot of the surface of the cutter. The angle helps the cutting wheel achieve a smooth score.  If I held the cutter up in the normal position, the cutter would bounce and rattle along the straight edge, leaving a rough score line. When cutting a large sheet of glass, I often use the table edge to break the glass so that the score breaks cleanly. Another method perfect for medium and small pieces, the glass is scored. Then I take the piece in both hands and rock my hands apart snapping the glass right on the score line. On small pieces, I sometimes smack the scored glass right on the edge of the table to get a quick break. Finally, when scoring long, thin pieces, running pliers work great. They are lined up on the score and squeezing them gives the same action as rocking your hands apart as earlier. ARTICLES   VIDEOS  LINKS   Email:  david@gommstudios.com

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Using a straight edge can
make scoring glass a "snap."

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