Diy 8 footer.
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Looks like yours turned out great.
Cutting the glass was a pain. 3/4 inch is a pain to cut. Used a tile saw with new thin kerf diamond blade. Since I had 2 panes I used one as a guide to cut the other one. I did have some chipping/edge issues but covered it with addl glass for look and strength. See pics below for external glass bracing as well
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Most of the glass shops locally did not have the tools to cut anything above 3/8 or 1/2. I think the snap tool is different once it goes above 3/8. For the sump 1/4" glass I bought a set from Amazon from IMT and it worked great for upto 3/8".
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Nice job. In late 80’s we cut 3/4” glass with glass cutter, then used a cold chisel with ball peen hammer and gently tapped cut from underneath until it started to “run” and then fired up the torch and it finished the “run” and was a clean cut.
I wish I would have gotten this advice earlier. Could have tried it. Cutting with the tile saw was absolutely horrible. The original plan was a 16h but the cut went crooked and had to settle for a 15 high.
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I’m impressed you did it with a tile saw blade! LOL
Looks good and it’s functional is all that matters.
