Cutting Thick (1/2") glass
 

Anyone have any idea as to how to do this? I've looked at the cheapo glass scoring tools at Home Depot and they only recommend using that tool up to 1/4" glass. Is there a special scoring tool to be used on thick glass? Any idea as to where I could pick one up?

Thanks.

diamond blade tile saw
 

i've successfully cut 1/2 inch thick glass with a tile saw. the one i used was a medium duty one that had a 6 or 8" blade. cut very nice, quick and smooth. i haven't tried the small tile cutters with 4" blade but i assuming it would work but not as fast.
cwlee

You are referring to the ceramic tile saws right? The ones that spray water onto the blade right?

yes
 

the one i have didn't spray but had a resevoir tray on the bottom that the blade dips into. same concept. give it a try with something smaller first to the get hang of it. the difficulty with this was the table area is not large enough to cut a large piece of glass - it was only cutting a strip into half. As you near the end of your cut, it will be extremely difficult to keep the two pieces perpendicular to the blade and finisihing with a clean cut through. For a larger piee of glass, you will have to jig a cutting surface table with a lowered area to be flush with the tile saw table height and a fence that's clamped down. hope that makes sense.

You can cut glass of any thickness with that small cutter but it leaves a rough edge that needs to be sanded smooth