Thread: Cutting Shapton Ceramic on Glass...Results

Alex aka Philadelph had spawned an interesting question and debate as to whether a Shapton Ceramic on Glass stone can be rip cut in half. I liked his idea of trying that on a 1k stone to end up with a narrow bevel setter. Some speculated that the glass substrate was tempered and therefore would NOT cut without damage and instead would break into tiny pieces. Others thought it would cut just fine; while still others (myself included) had no idea.

Here we go:

The tool:


Success?...........


Ouch, the tempered glass speculators have it by a mile!



Yeah, I heard a "tink!" pretty much right after starting the cut, I kept going because the ceramic was cutting just beautifully on the water cooled diamond saw.

But, the adhesive is holding the glass very well and I beveled the cut ceramic edge on both halves and I'll say I still consider it a success because I have a narrow bevel setting hone and I'm going to run with it. Worst case, if the glass pieces start falling off, I could bond the thing to a flat water friendly substrate with some JB Weld or something and I'll be just fine. Randy Tuttle has dibs on the extra one.

So.....mystery solved.

Chris L