I've heard about scoring the glass on only one side and scoring it on
both sides as the preferred way to cut/break glass. I've done it both
ways. Anyone got any real insight into this matter????

H. R.(Bob) Hofmann

"hr(bob) " wrote in message
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I've heard about scoring the glass on only one side and scoring it on
both sides as the preferred way to cut/break glass. I've done it both
ways. Anyone got any real insight into this matter????

H. R.(Bob) Hofmann

score it on one side. break apart by pulling down on each side of the cut
with the cut on the top surface, or break on a sharp edged tabletop if the
piece of glass is large and the part you're cutting off is not small.

On Apr 11, 4:14*pm, "charlie"
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"hr(bob) " wrote in message

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I've heard about scoring the glass on only one side and scoring it on
both sides as the preferred way to cut/break glass. *I've done it both
ways. Anyone got any real insight into this matter????

H. R.(Bob) Hofmann

score it on one side. break apart by pulling down on each side of the cut
with the cut on the top surface, or break on a sharp edged tabletop if the
piece of glass is large and the part you're cutting off is not small.

Any comments on scoring 1 side vs both sides before breaking??

"hr(bob) " wrote in message
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On Apr 11, 4:14 pm, "charlie"
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"hr(bob) " wrote in message

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I've heard about scoring the glass on only one side and scoring it on
both sides as the preferred way to cut/break glass. I've done it both
ways. Anyone got any real insight into this matter????

H. R.(Bob) Hofmann

score it on one side. break apart by pulling down on each side of the cut
with the cut on the top surface, or break on a sharp edged tabletop if the
piece of glass is large and the part you're cutting off is not small.

Any comments on scoring 1 side vs both sides before breaking??

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yes.

don't score on both sides.

On Apr 11, 4:18*pm, "hr(bob) "
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On Apr 11, 4:14*pm, "charlie"
wrote:

"hr(bob) " wrote in message

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I've heard about scoring the glass on only one side and scoring it on
both sides as the preferred way to cut/break glass. *I've done it both
ways. Anyone got any real insight into this matter????

H. R.(Bob) Hofmann

score it on one side. break apart by pulling down on each side of the cut
with the cut on the top surface, or break on a sharp edged tabletop if the
piece of glass is large and the part you're cutting off is not small.

Any comments on scoring 1 side vs both sides before breaking??

I should add that this particular piece of glass I am going to cut is
double thickness from an old storm door. I know that the glass is NOT
tempered.

"hr(bob) " wrote in message
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On Apr 11, 4:18 pm, "hr(bob) "
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On Apr 11, 4:14 pm, "charlie"
wrote:

"hr(bob) " wrote in message

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I've heard about scoring the glass on only one side and scoring it on
both sides as the preferred way to cut/break glass. I've done it both
ways. Anyone got any real insight into this matter????

H. R.(Bob) Hofmann

score it on one side. break apart by pulling down on each side of the
cut
with the cut on the top surface, or break on a sharp edged tabletop if
the
piece of glass is large and the part you're cutting off is not small.

Any comments on scoring 1 side vs both sides before breaking??

I should add that this particular piece of glass I am going to cut is
double thickness from an old storm door. I know that the glass is NOT
tempered.

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i cut up to 1.5" glass usually. the score breaks the surface tension. you
bend away from the score, causing a compression of the bottom surface. if
you scored it, it would make no difference, and would probably cause your
cut to wander since they won't line up exactly anyway.

how do you know it's not tempered? lack of a label doesn't guarantee that.
if it's a door, there's better than an even chance that it is tempered. i'd
wear eye protection before scoring it, if i were you.

On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:27:47 -0700 (PDT), "hr(bob) "
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Any comments on scoring 1 side vs both sides before breaking??

I should add that this particular piece of glass I am going to cut is
double thickness from an old storm door. I know that the glass is NOT
tempered.

Old glass can be a lot harder to cut.

BTW, that building I talked about a few months ago that was being torn
down had 4 mirrors 6 or 8 foot wide by 10 foot high each. To buy new
would be 500 dollars a piece, 2000 total, I was told. Despite that,
we offerred them free to a glass guy and he didn't want them. Too
hard to use them without breaking them, or too hard to cut them for
the next location without breaking them. They are 40 years old.

So we left them, and I suppose the new owner who is tearing the
building down will too.

hr(bob) wrote:

On Apr 11, 4:14 pm, "charlie"
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"hr(bob) " wrote in message

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I've heard about scoring the glass on only one side and scoring it on
both sides as the preferred way to cut/break glass. I've done it both
ways. Anyone got any real insight into this matter????


H. R.(Bob) Hofmann


score it on one side. break apart by pulling down on each side of the cut
with the cut on the top surface, or break on a sharp edged tabletop if the
piece of glass is large and the part you're cutting off is not small.



Any comments on scoring 1 side vs both sides before breaking??


I've never heard of scoring on both sides, only one side. Could
two-sides be for extremely
thick glass?

On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:08:48 -0700 (PDT), "hr(bob) "
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I've heard about scoring the glass on only one side and scoring it on
both sides as the preferred way to cut/break glass. I've done it both
ways. Anyone got any real insight into this matter????

H. R.(Bob) Hofmann

BTW, the movie scene where the cat burglar scores a circle on the
outside of the glass and then taps it and the circle breaks out and
then he can stick his hand in. NOT TRUE. I'm told that you can't cut
glass from only one side. You have to tap on the side opposite the
scoring, or have a fulcrum on the other side to press against.