- 1). Place your sheet of glass on a work table. Using your ruler as a guide, take your glass cutter and firmly score the glass with the intention of creating an 18-inch by 12-inch piece. The score must run from one edge of the glass to the other.
- 2). Position the score line an inch or two above the edge of the table. Lift the glass with both hands and bring it down. The glass will break in a straight line against the edge of the table. You have completed a table break.
- 3). Take the 18-inch by 12-inch piece and score the18-inch length in half. Using both hands, stand the glass up in a vertical position with the score line facing you. Imagine that you are holding a book and the spine is facing you. Close the book. You should end up holding a piece of 9-inch by 12-inch glass in each hand. You have executed a hand break.
- 4). Position a 9-inch by 12-inch piece of glass on the table. Score 1 inch of the 9-inch width. Place the glass breaking pliers in the center of the score with the tip of the pliers parallel and barely in front of the score. The curved jaw of the pliers goes on the underside of the glass. While holding the larger piece of glass down with one hand, pull down on the pliers to break the glass. This is the best way to cut small, straight pieces.
- 5). Draw a wavy line with your black marker down the center of your 18-inch by 18-inch glass panel. Keep the line smooth and flowing from edge to edge. Score the wavy line. Stand the piece up with the score line vertically facing you. Take your glass cutter and use the steel ball on the end of its handle to tap firmly along the score line. As your work, the appearance of the score will appear brighter as the glass begins to break. Using the same technique as in Step 2, "fold" the glass. You have cut your first curve. To make a curve more convex, work in small increments and use your glass pliers to break off sections until you have the shape you want.
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