Re: Glass cutting

Hi Roger,

I was wondering that diamond scriber can cut the glass until
breaking points?

TIA
--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "vrsculptor"
<vrsculptor@...> wrote:

>
> Sounds like a neat idea. Isn't using a wheel to scribe glass a lot
> like using a knife to cut vinyl? In both cases the cutter only

cuts in

> one direction. Mach3 has the ability to turn the knife, using an

axis

> motor on the cutter shaft, in the direction of the cut. You might

try

> searching on tangenital (sp?) cutters on the web or vinyl cutting

in

> the Mach3 group.
>
> Could you use a diamond scriber instead of a wheel to do your
> scribing? I think engravers use them. It would scratch in any

direction.

>
> Roger
>
> > I know how to cut glass, what I don't know is how to "tell" my
> > driver to move wheel glass cutter after a line. I think I need a
> > stepper motor to do that (I am very new in this area - CNC). If

my

> > guess is right - how I can "tell" to do that?
>