Stained Glass Cutter
The stained glass cutter is among the most important tools that a stained glass artist will be asked to use. The right stained glass cutter can help to make an ordinary stained glass artist create works that are precise and correct. There are various kinds of cutters available with some being very affordable and these will not cost more than a few pounds but these products generally wear out pretty fast and will need to be replaced after a short period of time.
Stained glass – cheap glass cutters
If you go for a cheap stained glass cutter, you will find that its handle will not be too comfortable to use and so it will not prove to be of much use to you. A good stained glass cutter on the other hand will provide you with more benefits like having a carbide cutting wheel as well as a nice handle that can either be straight or shaped like a pistol grip. Either type will provide useful service for many long years and so is well worth choosing.
Circle Pro
Circle Pro is a good stained glass cutter and one that you should use if you do not have a Cutter’s Mate with slide bar. This particular cutter will help you to cut circles in the stained glass and it can also easily be attached to Cutter’s Mate slide bars. It scores in diameters ranging from one and a half inches to about two feet. The ruler shows measurements in both inches as well as in metric system.
Cutter’s Mate
Cutter’s Mate is an excellent stained glass cutter and is perfect for those who want to perform routine cutting tasks such as cutting in straight lines while using a square. In addition, this cutter makes it very easy to score the glass. It also has a circle cutter as well as straight edge cutter that are available as add-ons. The circle cutter is excellent for cutting circles as well as ovals.
There are several other stained glass cutter options available such as the K-Star oil filled cutter that retails for about 18.50 pounds. The K-Star brass cutter is priced at 23.99 pounds while you can purchase a good pistol grip cutter for about the same price (23.99 pounds). A spare cutter head costs about 10.99 pounds and a Glastar circle cutter retails for about 29.99 pounds. 200 ml of cutting oil costs about 2.25 pounds.
After buying a suitable stained glass cutter, it is then up to you to learn how to use it in the right manner. As there are a variety of cutter types to choose from, it is important that you first find out which one is most suitable for your needs and then you should go out and buy the best one available. Basically, the cutter has a small wheel attached to it and this steel wheel helps you to roll the cutter on the glass. The more expensive types of cuttes have carbide blades and even lubricated blades and provide more exact cutting.
