If you have never done it I would take it to a pro. They may be willing to
give you a cheap price if you dont hold them liable for breaking it. This
was the deal I got for cutting some thick glass for a coffee table.

"Charlie Spitzer" wrote in message
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you need a special cutter, and a heavy duty glass breaker, to break thick
glass well. also, look up tap glass cutters, which are purported to cut
thick glass well.

Silberschnitt makes both items. you can dags, but here's a place that you
can get them:


http://www.ebor.co.uk/online_glass_b...tm#Breakout_to
ols

regards,
charlie
cave creek, az

"Roger Sleet" wrote in message
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In article ,
(Jon Pike) wrote:

(Roger Sleet) wrote in
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I know how to cut glass. There's no problems with that. The problem is
you can't score and break 1/2" thick glass. You need to actually -cut-
it, and I don't know what special blades or tools you need for it.

Oh yes you can :-) - it has to be scored just so, and doing small pieces
is really tricky, but it will work. I must admit I've never succeeded
with anything over 6mm 2nd hand, but I've watched it being done on 15mm
new glass, and up to 10mm 2nd hand.

You can saw it with a diamond saw, but you would never get it square
with
the sort of eqipment available to the average person.


Roger Sleet
Roger's Aquatic Pages http://www.sleet.plus.com