glass cutting (*Now with video! Oooooo! haha!)

[doubleglazed]

any tips on cutting glass for a total beginer to fusing

[BeadyBugs]

Have a box of plasters handy.

I've just nicked this brief description off the fusing tut on my site - don't know if it helps without pics, but here goes:

As a general guide, hold the cutter like a pen, and apply firm even pressure as you cut. Cut towards you if cutting a straight line, and push away from you if cutting curves. To snap a straight cut use the breaking pliers if you have some, or carefully hold the glass either side of the cut and snap it if you haven't.  And for curved cuts tap the back of the glass with the handle end of your glass cutter, along the score line, til it breaks.

I'm sure everyone does it differently, and I'd practice on a few offcuts first, but hope it helps.  Good luck.

HP x

[handmadeheaven.biz]

check me out! i made a video low res and muffled sound but this might help a total novice....

VIDEO ONE: Scoring and breaking glass freehand


that's just for bigger pieces tho. i'll do a 'small pieces' one later if you think it's worthwhile?

[BeadyBugs]

Oh that's much better than my crappy attempts to describe it.

What about doing a curved one too - they're trickier.   LOL!

HP x

[handmadeheaven.biz]

do i sound like a dork?! lol!!

mate, u know i don't do curves!! i'm a geometric kinda gal. you do one

[BeadyBugs]

No you don't sound like a dork - it's a great little video.

The last time I tried to do one, I nearly had my eye out with a mandrel and got bead release everywhere!!  LOL!

HP x

[annasjewellerybox]

oooo,

very cool, i was worried it would hate my mac, but it didn't, that always makes me happy

hmmmm, i always imagined steph talking much louder though ?

[handmadeheaven.biz]

hahaha! do you still have it?

just uploading the one using breaking pliers.... tried it on a better resolution this time

[handmadeheaven.biz]

oooo,

very cool, i was worried it would hate my mac, but it didn't, that always makes me happy

hmmmm, i always imagined steph talking much louder though 

cheeky mare! i'm all shy. not made a video tute b4. i'll shout next time

[BeadyBugs]

No I binned it - it was rubbish!  I was attempting to show the dip and flick.

HP x

[handmadeheaven.biz]

here's "how to cut and break glass with breaking pliers" (better quality). of course it doesnt always work for teeny bits of glass. that's when you've got to whip out your grozers!!

VIDEO TWO: Cutting and breaking smaller pieces of glass with breaking pliers

[BeadyBugs]

That video's good too - we've got the same pliers.

HP x

[handmadeheaven.biz]

sometimes they give me gip (jip?) so i've ordered a plastic pair like the ones i used on my course which worked every time

[BeadyBugs]

I find them tricky on very fine slivers, as the soft ends cushion the glass too much.  Let me know how you get on with the plastic ones - may have to try a pair, as I only do fiddly cutting.

HP x

[handmadeheaven.biz]

exactly. sometimes i'm trying to break teeny pieces like a less-than-1cm piece into smaller pieces and find it hard to do without having the glass at an angle with those pliers. i tried it with the grozers by holding one end of the glass like a twonk once.... blood everywhere & never to be repeated! i think someone had removed my brain at that precise moment in time. learn by your mistakes eh!

will do, should have them in a day or two cos WG are so quick!