Glass Tips from Verrier

Is there any cutter that fits all people? Probably not, given the number varieties there are on the market. Cutters seem to fall into two ...

There are many opinions on how glass cuts when cold.   Some report cutting outdoors in sub-freezing temperatures, others that only warm gla...

  Top pliers are used but undamaged.  The bottom pliers have rounded tips and will not grasp thin pieces of glass anymore. Narrow grozing pl...

Cutting thin strips of glass such as used in Mission Style patterns and precision fusing projects requires skill and assistance. For transpa...

The cutting of glass directly over the cartoon without patterns is variously called trace cutting, and English or European method. The adva...

If your scoring and breaking of your glass is not going well, you need to diagnose the reasons.  There are always a lot of suggestions th...

There are a number of types of cut running pliers.   These photos show some of them.  The apparently most popular is this: ...

Many people tap the underside of the glass after scoring.  The purpose of this is to run the score. However, this tapping is often un...

For difficult cuts you can increase your confidence by rehearsing the score with a feather light movement of the cutter on the glass along t...

The Effects of Wheel Angles on Glass Cutting The wheel of a glass cutter does not “cut” the glass. The objective is to create a crack or ...

The effect of glass thickness on cutting Most of the thicker glass being used today is produced by the "float" method. In this p...

Effect of wheel angles on the cut edges of glass Another factor to consider in selecting the proper wheel angle is the "edge". T...

There are several methods that can be used to break out extreme inside curves. In all the cases you should retain a significant amount of gl...