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Title: Bow Glass Cutting ?'s
Post by: CR Hurst on March 15, 2011, 11:01:00 PM

I an new to building bows but really addicted to the Hobby and art that's involved. I am having trouble cutting the glass, I have tried Tin Snips, scoring and braking the Glass (THAT DOES NOT WORK WELL) Any help and advice is greatly appreciated thanks.

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Title: Re: Bow Glass Cutting ?'s
Post by: rmorris on March 16, 2011, 01:41:00 AM

depends on the direction... to turn a 72" piece of glass into 2 , 36" pieces use a hack saw with a fine tooth blade... if you want to turn 2" wide glass into 2, 1' wide glass use a straight edge and a razor blade. You will have to use some pressure and make multiple passes. This razor blade method works with UL glass I have never tried it with ULS glass.

Title: Re: Bow Glass Cutting ?'s
Post by: Mike Most on March 16, 2011, 07:40:00 AM

A dremel tool with an abrasive cut off wheel works pretty good for short cuts.

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