Split Dichro Images

[byron3]

Hey forum members, what is the common way you receive 1/2" X 1/2" dichro images?? I mean if you order 10 do they come individual or in a long strip??

If in the strip are they cross scored or besides a pane cutter and straight edge is there any trick to cross scoring?? How do you snap them, will they snap by hand or do you need a couple of pair of running pliers??

All of the others I have received have been in individual pieces, ready for use ...................

So what is the norm, please share ..................

[FredLight]

Score them and snap them with your fingers.

What, haven't you ever cut sheet glass?

[byron3]

Sheet glass yes, nothing quite so small .............

[byron3]

Thanks Fred, that worked pretty well.

So is this common??

[LowTideGlass]

Easiest way for snapping flat glass clean, for me, is scoring a straight line, flip the piece over and place onto a piece of cardboard. with a simple press of your fingertip directly on the score line the piece will break clean.

I worked as a cold glass cutter for a fusing / slumping studio about 8 months. 5 hours a day of just cutting sheet glass with a carbide blade and you figure out what not to do more than how to do it haha.

[FredLight]

I spent years cutting various shapes out of anything from 1.1mm boro to 6mm float.

From wheel cutters to ring saws, and from there to water-jet cutting, I've cut a few pieces of glass.

Hell, I even tried to saw through a piece of tempered on a wet saw once.

I got 3 inches (!) into it before it exploded.

[Kaizen]

[QUOTE=FredLight;

I got 3 inches (!) into it before it exploded.[/QUOTE]

*snickers*

-middle school humor-

[Torch-Bug]

"I got 3 inches (!) into it before it exploded. "

Should of thought of baseball

[FredLight]

I knew there would be trouble when I typed that.

If I would have thought of baseball, I would have fallen asleep.

Sorry, fellow Americans, it's the truth.