Re: ATM 38"glass/cutting/slumping/etc

[Roger Moss <roger.moss@eng.ox.ac.uk>]

At 15:30 26/09/98 -0700, you wrote:
>
>Regarding my 38" x 3/4" glass "Blank". Thanks to those who responded with 
>ideas and comments. My intent is to stimulate conversation about large 

>   I am inclined to try the diamond bit in a router on a circle cutting 
>jig to cut a circle. The proposal to spin the glass and use a stationary 

Eek!  Well it might work - but you will have to be very careful not to
breathe the dust, I don't think there is any cure for silicosis etc once
you have it. Try it on a scrap first.  

I wonder if a tile cutting saw - basically a wire coated with tungsten
carbide - could be made into some kind of mechanical hacksaw?  It could be
made to run at 100 spm or so and would probably be a bit "gentler".

Roger Moss.