Re: [ATM] re: Cutting 3/4" Plate glass

[Ken Hunter <atm_ken_hunter@yahoo.com>]

This is the way I cut my 26 inch disk from 1-5/8
Pyrex. Took 100 hours to make it through. If your time
is worth anything, buy or make a diamond saw and do it
in minutes.

Ken Hunter


--- Jerry <jldove1@cableone.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 13 May 2005 18:17:10 -0700, you wrote:
> 
> 	Hi Bill,
> 
> 	I made a disk out of 3/4" plywood, 2 layers thick.
> Then put metal strapping around the edge, put a bolt
> in the
> center then mounted that in my drill press at a
> medium RPM and cut through very nicely in about a
> half hr. with water
> and grit (about #80 if I remember right) .
> 	Hope this helps.
> 
> 		Jerry
> 
> 
> >
> >I would be very interested in how others have dealt
> with cutting plate 
> >glass this thick.
> >
> 
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