cutting glass

[FishNDip]

I'm trying to cut glass that is 1/4 inch thick. Using a hand held diamond cutter. I've seen a video using turpentine oil on the glass and then cutting. Do I need turpentine oil, or some kind of cutting liquid? Or is it unnecessary?

 

[fishbox]

Plain water will do. Do a search here on drilling holes in your tank. Cooling the bit is the same process

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[mcgyvr]

While it can make help increase the lifespan of steel based cutting wheels and potentially be beneficial in improving the score in general its not needed and you can certainly get by without it and quite frankly I doubt you are going to be doing this day in/out to where it would even matter ..
One can just use some olive oil though so why not..

oops.. just noticed you are using a diamond cutter of some sort... not a steel or tungsten scoring wheel right?
If so then yes water works just fine.. I use plain water with all my diamond hole saws.. and a but of plumbers putty to create a dam to keep the water in place around the bit..

 

[Lsufan]

Op, u may need to clarify what u are using. I’m not sure what u mean by handheld diamond cutter. If it is just a cheap scoring glass cutter then I would use some kind of oil. It dulls very quick & u may get the first cut but by the second it will already be duller then the first cut.

 

[FishNDip]

These are what I'm thinking of.

https://www.toolexperts.com/glass-c...pping [nb] | Desktop&utm_content=All Products


https://www.reflectwindow.com/Glass...erm=4585238367402839&utm_content=All Products

 

[gargoylenest]

you don't "need" anything. all you need is to make a scratch on the glass, then pry it. you are not cutting the glass, you are breaking it. so there wont be heat caused by friction.

 

[mcgyvr]

These are what I'm thinking of.

https://www.toolexperts.com/glass-c...pping [nb] | Desktop&utm_content=All Products


https://www.reflectwindow.com/Glass...erm=4585238367402839&utm_content=All Products

Ok... not a diamond anything.. Just hardened steel scoring wheels..
My original comment applies then...

 

[oldhead]

Op, u may need to clarify what u are using. I'm not sure what u mean by handheld diamond cutter. If it is just a cheap scoring glass cutter then I would use some kind of oil. It dulls very quick & u may get the first cut but by the second it will already be duller then the first cut.

This all day. If you don't use the cutting oil they dull really fast and you will be breaking the glass. Do yourself a favor and just get the $3 worth of oil. It will be worth its weight in gold just not to have the headaches of a dull blade after 1 or 2 cuts.

 

[Louis Z]

I have used olive oil in a pinch and 3 in 1 oil