[TheForge] Glass question

[Jay Hayes]

Larry, You would need to have the notch ground off the glass before it 
was tempered. As others have stated , once tempered, the glass is under 
stress and will shatter as soon as the grinder hits it. Same goes for 
water jet cutting. Years ago, I built a lot of equipment for the glass 
industry including furnaces and quenching lines for tempering glass. 
Some tempered glass can take a pretty good hit, but will turn into a 
bucket full of little glass cubes if you try to cut it or knick it on 
the edge.

Jay


Larry Brown wrote:
> I have a glass shelf that needs about a 1/4 by 3/4 piece ground off the 
> edge to fit. The glass is tempered glass and I have a glass grinder that 
> you would use for stained glass (Wet w/ diamond grit).
>
> The question is other than removing the unwanted glass will this promote 
> cracking since the glass is tempered?
> Larry Brown
>
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