Using Silicon Carbide Grinding Disc to grind laminated glass.

[@groperfish1348]

Greetings from Australia. Been watching a while. Cutting laminated glass You can cut laminated glass with a standard glass cutter. Then you turn it over and cut the other side on the same line. After the cut gently fracture a small area somewhere in the middle one side by using the ball on the back of the cutter and pour a small amount of metholated spirits over the fracture, I think you guys call it denatured alcohol or methyl hydrateover. While it is still wet with metho set fire to it. The metho will melt the laminate sheet and the rise in temperature will fracture the glass along the cut on both sides. The glass come away while warm pretty easy. Use more metho or a hobby knife finalise the cut. Sand it smooth with a glass grinder or sand paper glass held 90 degrees to the sander. Done this many times with laminated straight and curved sheets. Good clean no stop cuts required on both sides of the glass and you need to get the cuts accurate on each side but go easy and slow and you can get great results. Never seen toughened or hardened glass cut or altered successfully, seen plenty of good attempts. Oh we use metho as it burns clean and cool. Gas ans other flammable products leave carbon behind and discolours the laminate sheet You are very clever at simplifying complex tasks and I love the results. Keep up the great work Cheers

[@dattoworks]

Thanks for the long tutorial, I really appreciate it.

[@oldtown6240]

Love that dog - Pablo. Just a perfect friend.

[@glennnickerson8438]

To boldly Go Where No Man Has Gone Before!!! We have always used a fine aluminium oxide to sand down glass with good results. But you make it look a lot more fun Brent!

[@larryhalloway3127]

I cant believe how timely and efficient you are. Wonderful job my friend. 😃

[@darrylkenes7424]

My wife’s dad owned a body shop from 1932 until he died. His sons ran it for about 15 years then sold out. Earl did glass too and had a wonderful 8 ft. Tall glass edging machine. 2. 1/2’ water bath. The sons sold it at some point. The perfect tool for shaping flat glass.

[@garydesbois5415]

Hellooo, from CT ! You're videos are getting better and better !! 👍👍

[@glynndavies5283]

that was fun, great choice of music at the tail end... keep safe

[@edwardmartin4894]

Looks like it is hard to find flexible sanding discs made with silicon carbide in smaller grit sizes.... It may be worth the time to try regular silicon carbide sanding discs in finer grit sizes on glass. I have never tried using zirconium discs on glass, but they may work also.... In my younger days working in a body shop that did a lot of glass work, we had an actual glass belt sander to dress glass edges. It used silicon carbide belts and had a built-in water-cooling system. Worked great. I think the health problems attributed to silicon products have scared a lot of products off the markets... Wet-sanding was great because it caused no dust....Use a mask when dry-sanding...just in case. As far as I know - NOTHING works on tempered glass.....lol Great channel - love watching your skill at fabrication. You, Sir, are a master.....

[@JustMe-in5jn]

Looks like the dog enjoys the ride as much as you!

[@ronringel9132]

Nice tip... thanks for sharing. Happy New Year.

[@markmclellon8516]

Tool'n in the shop Time. A tool man's gotta Taylor his message, "more power",to his audience. He also needs a faithful shop assistant, ride'n shotgun!

[@garyskowbo3564]

Well ya finally found an excuse to sweep the floor!🤣 Hey thanks for sharing another great video with us!👍😎

[@devinrogers6877]

Really enjoy your channel , I'm amazed at the amount of cruisers you pump out ! I have a 53 R-110 and love it , bought it at Taber AB. last fall

[@paulchurch5929]

A man and his faithful dog!!

[@NZMOPAR]

Man that was interesting . And I was like you and started to think its working and then bang no it didn't work 😆🤣😂

[@wolin289]

You enjoyed that tempered glass destruction. LOL

[@jerrylong381]

You might want to try a finer grit wheel. Diamond is good for finishing, the discs are expensive but last a long time.

[@rafatrill]

Thats crazy I didn't know they made grinding disc for glass thats super kool

[@wackowacko8931]

Side window glass is tempered glass. If you hammer/grind on the side end it will shatter. Reference "Prince Rupert's drop" if you want to know more. If you try to cut it with a glass cutter it will shatter. It is usually better to let someone else cut it for you. Windshield glass is called safety glass, it has the plastic scrim sandwiched in it. To cut it, you use a glass cutter on one flat side - straight cuts only - and carefully start a crack on that side but not so hard that you crack the other side. Squirt alcohol into the crack and light it on fire. Once it gets hot enough to melt the scrim, you can then quickly score and crack the other side. Make sure you support the back side from underneath otherwise it might crack in a direction that you might not like. You NEED TO PRACTICE this on scrap windshields to get the hang of it before doing it to your final piece.

[@brianherron5400]

The boss was seating in passenger seat watching you.

[@TrendsbySterling]

Enjoyed the video Brent. The glass lasted longer than I thought!

[@andrewerickson6690]

Right?

[@franksgarage8551]

Laminated glass, or dual lite. Tempered is suprisingly tough. Unti you find the sweet spot. Saw a back window from a 65 Barracuda, tempered. All scratched,asked about it. Guy said his kids dragged it around behind snowmobile. Across roads and down his gravel driveway.

[@shanewright6958]

Another great video 👍👍🇨🇱

[@SpatialDragon]

I bought a pack of those at a second hand shop for pennies for a pack of 6. Never had used them, but this was an interesting idea. I wonder if with some water cooling it would have worked better.

[@leeparker5087]

That was funny glass explosion 🤘😎

[@OpieDogie]

That is pretty slick.

[@ipaddlemyowncanoe.7441]

That's a good wheel never seen him before work good on that double glass but that tempered stuff she blew up like you said. 👍👍😀

[@Krackerxoxo]

Who doesn't love a good explosion.

[@Jesusis_theway]

Everyone saw that coming...💥

[@garyp1533]

Must have been some of that made in China glass? I just love your pup.

[@gypsoncustommachining7591]

Looks to me if you hold the grinder differently so that the ribs of the grinding disk are perpendicular to the glass, not parallel, it may reduce the chipping you refered to. Hope I explained that okay. Constructive criticism, not being negative. Great video! I am putting a 1956 Lincoln premiere roof on a chopped 1954 Mercury hard top so this will be helpful.

[@markeholbrook]

I used to grind laminated glass with a belt sander that was water cooled. You really need water because the heat will cause cracking. The belts were very long, 6 or 8 feet. And it was a nasty job.

[@lessharratt8719]

I was thinking the same thing. I believe using water would help a lot. I have a vague recollection of my Dad doing this 40 years ago. He used water. I also think a variable speed grinder could help dial it in.

[@markeholbrook]

@@lessharratt8719 I also polished glass with polishing belts which were cork with polishing compound built in. They were cloth backed and came in a variety of grits.

[@lessharratt8719]

@@markeholbrook I'm thinking a belt is a lot better choice than a disc from what you are saying. That disc seemed awfully aggressive. Maybe he should have ran it over a steel bench for a bit to take the edge off. An air grinder would allow him to run water on it with out getting zapped and adjust the speed. I'm sure he'll figure it out.

[@Carl09of09]

Way cool! 😁✌️

[@jaimezazueta3720]

That's one cool dog man.

[@bigblockkings1031]

Well That was a good experiment 👍😎

[@larryhicks9093]

That was cool yes . The comment about put the wife and dog in the trunk . Then see which one is happy to see you . Great stuff we learn.

[@EdOfTheNorth]

The only reason you broke the tempered glass is because you worked too fast and allowed the glass to heat up. Just add water and grind lightly. Add water and grind lightly. The next thing you know is that you are all done and the glass does not break. Run your grinder along the edge of the glass and not across the edge and you will not get chip out. Finesse is nine tenths of success.

[@UberLummox]

Great idea with the water, Ed! I've been searching for a way to cut/grind and heavily reshape CURVED door side glass on my '68 Plymouth. You sound like you've had success, no? Any other good tips you may have sure would be appreciated! Dave

[@billmiller7138]

I'm surprised that tempered glass lasted as long as it did, touchy stuff as you know.

[@murrayandru7527]

Pretty aggressive disc Brent they have others that you might want to check out. That one is a shard master disc .........safety up everything !!! Take it easy , Thanks for sharing !

[@davidmack7018]

Absolutely loved the dog in the doggone ending a bit bobblehead looking German short hair ? Do you live in Canada eh? Which province. So I'm liking your Vlogs more and more. Here's an idea a blue suede leather would look awesome glued to interior roof, head linner, as I see it this will become a way excellent pickup & you could go any way you want with it. It could be really nice finished and just be total beauty; the wheels and tires are quite impressive.

[@ianallen2]

I done almost the same today with a shelf out of a fridge. The glass shelf above a salad drawer. I used a glass cutter to score it to cut it but it didnt do it, so I used my angle gringetr with a 1mm metal cutting disk and got about 1mm in and it blew up into thousands of redneck diamonds. lol. All I could do was laugh. I didnt know it was tempered glass. lol

[@1buckola]

That is one cool dog.

[@sanctifiedcustoms]

I'm missing my vent window glass driver side currently running a plexy dont wreck the other one k im gonna come collect all your extra stuff when your done

[@OutlawEdge]

At first i was like what? Then that temper glass let go. Oh well it was a fun try lol 😂 👍 ARCO

[@allan9603]

Another great video, this time with Pup riding shotgun and people are giving thumbs down?! What the f@#k gives?!

[@joefromga5458]

Good info, thanks!

[@Bobbycat115]

All good Carbide is ok but you need these Ceramic sanding pads I use My brother turned me on to them a few years ago and I have not looked back They are just like a carborundum sanding disk but ceramic instead... Deadly good Cost yes but last 10 times longer . What did you come up with on your wheel adaptors ?

[@michaelbuettner6560]

I used to work for Hewlett Packard back in the late 70s. I worked in Glass fabrications and we modified TV tubes from Corning and other companies for the CRTs. When the got scratched we used silicate carbide to get rid of the it and then buff the scratch out. The buffer would take a sanded edge and make a smoooothe finish on the glass.

[@hollandduck79]

👍 from the Netherlands

[@cagedruss]

I would like to see this done by the experts below giving thier knowledge on why the tempered glass broke. I was under the assumption that tempered glass is under tention and by relieving or grinding the edge you are weakening the glass making it brittle. Maybe one of the experts can show us by using a towel, keeping the glass cool etc! We could all learn something valuable.

[@HalfassKustoms]

haha I think tempered is tempered and it just can't be cut once tempered.

[@toryneald234]

@@HalfassKustoms you are totally correct Brent...you can Not cut tempered glass period. The procses goes like this, normal glass is cut to size and shape first. Then put through a high heat oven to temper. End of storey. No cutting at all when tempered.

[@rockcrusher4636]

The tempered exploded because of heat, try with lots of cold water flowing over it. Great music.

[@jeremyhanna3852]

Its under tension soon as u release the pressure its going to explode

[@rockcrusher4636]

@@jeremyhanna3852 Your probably a greater expert than myself, however I have done this successfully for 50 years. Tempered glass can even be cut with laser. Thanks for the comment.

[@jeremyhanna3852]

@@rockcrusher4636 that is most passive aggressive bs I've every read i dont no how days a week your going to the shrink but double it

[@rockcrusher4636]

@@jeremyhanna3852 I don't speak the same language as you , seems your only looking for a fight. Get a paper bag and box your way out. You Don't need to answer, non doers always have lots to say. Please say it to someone else.

[@j.c.smithprojects]

i was hopeful! at least it does the laminated glass pretty good. wonder if the the constant vibrating on the steel bench had anything to do with the break.

[@HalfassKustoms]

Haha with tempered glass maybe, but I imagine down the road it could be a couple days or whatever before the rest of it would just blow up at random

[@rodneythompson3026]

great job.

[@donprice9050]

Let me get this straight. You show a demo about a thing you have recently heard about and wanted to try. Not claiming to know everything you show how it works and doesn't work. Then you go for a ride with a happy dog. And seven people give the video a thumbs down. Unless you have seven ex wives I just don't get it!

[@andrewerickson6690]

Probably a glass guy was salty that dude gave away "his" or "her" secret which is kinda lame

[@cannednolan8194]

Ya that is crazy I think the cost to replace the glass in the 47,48 just went down 👍👍👍. Think if you hit the tempered with heat might work or is it under water with glass cutter it might help avoid the explosion.

[@HalfassKustoms]

your car won't be bad it's all flat you can just bring some templates to any glass shop and get it cut, I know the city is pretty expensive but you can try A&H in Steinbach there pretty cheap

[@adman6380]

Not sure if it would make a difference but if the glass was fully supported on a rubber type mat rather than hanging off the bench maybe it might survive

[@MrGhostly68]

Try taping the glass both sides with gaffa tape that should reinforce the window as you grind but make sure that you cover both sides on the edge's including the part that you are grinding away. You can also try using a smooth stone disk for things like ceramics. Was funny though 😊

[@joe1annie2]

Thanks for sharing

[@pgprice1663]

smashing!!!!!

[@sheldonbenson4510]

Check out some of the comments they have some good ideas about the glass

[@ce7618]

If you put the glass on a cushion it might work better ,than vibrating on the steel table. Imo

[@kennybrown1977]

Is that you playing the slide guitar on the videos??

[@jimcarlisle2309]

Get Down with that, will do the job.

[@justinrennie9995]

That would have been a cool one to see in slo mo

[@dr.skipkazarian5556]

I have never, ever mastered cutting glass or ceramic tile....bricks, rocks, and speed block...no problem. Is your dog a German Short-hair? Agree about the background music....best wishes and stay healthy........eh!

[@HalfassKustoms]

yeah he's got some of that in him but not sure what else haha

[@rytvdinners5064]

Good tip

[@russellgnuse]

Crazy!!

[@MrJeep75]

Laminated or safety glass the other stuff is temperd

[@craigdavies4189]

Way Kool & explosive 🧨🤣

[@ianallen2]

Tempered glass, you cant cut it, grind it, drill it or melt a hole in it. Cody's Lab tried it and kept failing. He wanted to put a hole in tempered glass. Interesting how he tried. He could get about half way through but as soon as the half way point was reached, it shattered.

[@AndrewHCann]

Trail & Error can happen to anyone and I see happen to me before too Lol off too!

[@davidsantos8206]

So let me get this straight. You are saying that it is "kicks and giggles" because all my life, I have been saying "shits and giggles" lol. Thanks for the video Brent. Would have liked it if it were a lot longer though. Feeling pretty depressed today in the states. Knowing I can't trust my government. Love my country but don't trust my government.

[@HalfassKustoms]

haha all good should have another video up tomorrow, this one just didn't fit in anywhere so just uploaded it seperate

[@henrygibson1530]

Hmm 🤔 that's interesting.

[@jackwesselman6281]

Tempered glass exploded because of the vibration. You can do the same with sound with the same results.

[@Krackerxoxo]

Brent hums in high a high soprano.lol

[@pauldussault695]

Try to put the tempted glass on a towel or something the steal bench seemed to make it shatter

[@toryneald234]

You can not cut tempered glass...

[@gazza6348]

👍👍🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@rogerfrancis65]

They are commonlycalled flappy discs

[@sheldonbenson4510]

Talk to chad on bad chad he might know about cutting glass

[@eddieporter9420]

grinder is to agressive for tempered glass, too much genreated and it explodes. Would possibley work if slower grinder and add coolant.

[@xozindustries7451]

I don’t think they sell those in the US

[@katmandu8208]

✔👍🍻

[@jamesweaver7755]

👍👋👋👋😁

[@tedhewitt4299]

I thought you were going to get away with it not shattering. Maybe the heat did it.

[@leoncolyer9420]

you might of got the glass to hot in the one spot and the vibrations from sitting on the steel bench might of did the glass IN 🤣🤣🤣

[@howardkoster4026]

Tempered glass. Isn't that used in homes rather than cars/trucks?? That IS a cool item for car glass then!

[@HalfassKustoms]

No homes would be plate glass The tempered glass is usually the side windows and back windows on cars

[@howardkoster4026]

@@HalfassKustoms ok. Thanks for the info. This guy wasn't sure. That IS a cool glass shaping tool!!!! Love your channel!!!

[@MrGixxer1300r]

Super cool, and informative! Remember to Subscribe, and hit the bell icon, Leave a comment, and like the video!!

[@eddieporter9420]

Up date last comment I ment too much heat generated.

[@boblalonde5164]

Here's a website that explains how to cut tempered glass. ( www.dreamlandsdesign.com/safe-way-cut-tempered-glass-without-shattering/ ) or you could get it cut at a glass making shop. We have one near here that did it for a friend of mine on a Pickup truck. he added 2 doors ( total 6 doors) . the center doors were square, so he needed special glass. he used Dodge Caravan sliding door glass that he got untempered to cut them, then re-tempered.

[@HalfassKustoms]

yeah I've read that to you have to de-temper it to be able to cut it. just figure it would be fun to try though.

[@andrewfurlotte8307]

That's a flap disc. Very aggressive sanding.

[@A-BONEpickup]

dont breath that stuff lol

[@MrGixxer1300r]

Yea you don't want powered glass imbedded in your lungs

[@deangelojermaine4112]

Hi Boys 😍💋 💝💖♥️❤️