I showed my neighbor how to cut glass correctly. Now he thanks me!

Once, passing by a neighbor's house, I heard a lot of "flattering" words addressed to someone. I came closer and saw that Mikhalych (as everyone calls a neighbor) was cutting glass, muttering something to himself. A decent pile of broken glass had already gathered next to him and I realized that he was not up to the task.

After greeting him, I asked him to show how he cuts glass. After all the manipulations, Mikhalych exclaimed: "Well, again, it didn't work out! What am I doing wrong? "

One of his major mistakes was tapping the cutting line. Because of this, uneven chips form on the glass, which are the main reason that it does not always break along the intended line.

Turning my gaze to my neighbor, I advised never to do this again and invited him to my workshop, where decided to show him how to cut glass correctly. Having entered the workshop, I took my glass cutter and made an arbitrary figured cut on a piece of glass. When Mikhalych saw that the glass had burst clearly along the cut line, he asked in a surprised voice: "How did you do it and what kind of glass cutter do you have?" "

Now I will show and tell everything"I replied.

To begin with, I am also not a professional cutter and I cut glass once every five years. For cutting glass I use a roller oil glass cutter, which has many advantages over a conventional roller glass cutter, which I will discuss along the way. And I think this glass cutter is most suitable for beginners.

And so, before cutting, you need to make sure that the glass is clean, or at least you need to wipe the place of the future cut.

To make a straight cut, I attach a guide (a regular strip, on which a rubber strip is glued on the back so that it does not slip). Then I install the glass cutter, stepping back from the edge 1 - 2 mm and, applying slight efforts, I lead it to the end, so that it pops off on the other edge of the glass, while a characteristic crackle should be heard during the cut glass. There are a couple of points here, if you use a regular glass cutter, you need to keep it strictly perpendicularly, holding it firmly in the palm of your hand, and to make it easier for them to cut, it is advisable to dip its roller into oil or kerosene. The oil glass cutter can be held like a writing pen and at a slight angle, since it takes much less effort to cut it. This is due to the fact that its roller is automatically lubricated with oil and has a spring mechanism.

Then, when the cut is made, I grab the edge of the glass with my hands, placing them on both sides of the cut, and just break it (you should never tap the cut).

Naturally, when working with glass, do not forget to wear gloves. Here is a small demo of how I do it.

If you need to cut thick glass or you cannot break it by hand due to the fact that the width of the cut parts are very small, I just put an ordinary screwdriver under the cut place and, pressing the glass on one side, I press on another.

As an example, I took glass with a thickness of 6 mm.

After a short explanation, I gave my neighbor a glass cutter. And lo and behold, he did it the first time! Finally, I gave Mikhalych the same glass cutter (I had one more in stock) and now he thanks me from the bottom of his heart, because he coped with cutting glass without any problems, practically having no experience.