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Post by pinhead on Jan 2, 2018 13:18:19 GMT -8
I've salvaged a couple of large pieces of ceramic glass from kitchen stoves and am trying to figure out exactly how I'm going to cut them to the size needed. I've searched online and can't seem to find very good tutorials. I found a video on Youtube showing how to cut (break) a small piece of Neoceram - which I assume is basically what I'm working with - but it was a very small piece so I assume the process would be different. Any suggestions? |
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Post by coastalrocketeer on Jan 2, 2018 13:22:01 GMT -8
I have no experience to draw on, but I remember someone somewhere saying that the stovetop ceramic glass has (or can have) a reinforcing mesh of some sort embedded in it? That might make it a bit different than cutting neoceram. Looking forward to any voices of experience on this as I may one day need to do the same.
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Post by peterberg on Jan 2, 2018 13:45:59 GMT -8
Years ago Matt Walker told me Neoceram ceramic glass could be cut with a wet saw, the one for cutting bricks. Last October I tried it at the Innovator's Gathering and it worked. I provided good support with quite a large piece of plywood and did the cutting in two. The first time just 2 mm deep in the glass and the second time just through it. I needed to do two cuts, both were succesful without breaking the glass. It was used for the cook top of the small cooking range in Allerton Abbey, it can be seen in function in a short youtube video.
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Post by matthewwalker on Jan 2, 2018 13:59:53 GMT -8
Just as Peter says, you can use a wet saw with a diamond blade. Go slow, and it may chip the edges, but it should work.
One other caveat as we talk about stove top glass. It struck me recently that there are both radiant glass stoves and induction glass stoves. I have no experience with the induction variations, but I would caution against them as I do not think they ever see the temperatures that the radiant ones do. I'm speculating, but it's worth paying attention to.
The ones I like best are again a Schott product, and usually have the product identifier "Ceram", printed in a corner of the top.
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Post by peterberg on Jan 2, 2018 14:08:39 GMT -8
I don't know about the piece of glass at Allerton Abbey whether it has a product identifier. But we use an induction plate made by Siemens at home and at the top left corner it says "Schott Ceran" with a small symbol behind it.
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Post by pinhead on Jan 2, 2018 16:02:08 GMT -8
Just as Peter says, you can use a wet saw with a diamond blade. Go slow, and it may chip the edges, but it should work. One other caveat as we talk about stove top glass. It struck me recently that there are both radiant glass stoves and induction glass stoves. I have no experience with the induction variations, but I would caution against them as I do not think they ever see the temperatures that the radiant ones do. I'm speculating, but it's worth paying attention to. The ones I like best are again a Schott product, and usually have the product identifier "Ceram", printed in a corner of the top. The two glass panes I have are both from the radiant variety of stove. One of them was from a small pair of burners, maybe 12 inches by 24 inches. I put it in the burn box last night and surrounded it with wood and let it burn. It survived that so I expect it'll survive use as a window! I'll try to get some pics posted for comparison. |
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Post by esbjornaneer on Jan 6, 2018 9:51:26 GMT -8
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