Drill Glass in Under 3 Minutes
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- Опубликовано: 8 июл 2010
- How to drill glass in under 3 minutes. Full tutorial at: makify.com/how-to-drill-glass/
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Nice to see a video with no endless chatting before they get to the point and no music. Just what I needed. Also no cheeky grins with an invitation to like the video and not forgetting to "hit the subscribe button".
Instead of a fancy drill bit I used an aluminum pipe turning in a pool of valve grinding paste. The drill was held in a drill press using only the weight of the drill to apply a constant pressure.
Your use of modeling clay is genius!
Best method I’ve seen on you tube about glass drilling. Thank you
That would be too loud for my burgl- uh, aquarium tank.
The water reduces friction and absorbs heat to keep the bit and glass cool. You are likely to crack the glass and wear down the bit quickly if you don't use water or oil.
Drill presses are great for this. Go as slow as you can, especially at the end, and put very little pressure on the glass. To smooth the edge, a kiln works great but most people don't have access to one. An alternative is to use diamond, carborundum, or alundum stones or files. They come in various grits. This needs to be done wet and can take awhile but will result in a nice, smooth edge.
Another very important aspect of using water is to retain the glass powder which results from the grinding - breathing glass powder is not a good thing.
Video has excellent production quality. No wandering narration, dimly lit surface, or annoying background music. Well done!
Those drills with the automatic breaks and fast starts I think make it much harder, I use a corded DeWalt and the slow start up, and gradual stop makes it much easier and smoother for me. Having a sudden stop/start increases the chipout in my experience, but taping the glass dose help a little bit.
Thanks for getting right to the point 👍
Simple yet ingenious. My first compliment on youtube.
Excellent points. You definitely want to go slowly especially the first time you try it. I should admit that that the finished hole on this tank wasn't completely smooth. I probably rushed it a bit but I didn't need a perfectly smooth hole for what I was doing with the tank.
Excellent!
As long as you keep the bit cool (wet) you should be able to do pretty thick glass. I've never tried drilling a curved surface but it should work if you are careful. On a curved surface, the bit is going to exit the glass unevenly and you would want to really slow down right before the bit came out the other side and try to apply even pressure to prevent chipping on the back side. Some tape on the back side might help with that too. I'd love to hear how it works on curved glass.
tape the back of the glass as seen in almost every other 'drill hole in aquarium' vid, and make sure glass is not tempered (usually only the bottom), but checking takes 5 seconds tops with polarized glasses...
Thanx a lot! This vid helped and gave me that extra confidence
would this work on a TV? i'm thinking about cutting into the screen so when the adverts come i can get my hand into that big bowl M&M's.
Hell no! I mean, yes, if you like risking electrocution. :)
Hahahaha, YES do it!!! 🤣. I feel confident this could work for some free treats
7 years later i laughed at this
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Sir, that's preposterous and absurd...
I tried it already, and it doesn't work. 😔
Im a Glazier, look it up, 2 things, speed of the drill should be constant while rotating the drill to actually enlarge the hole from the drill size, this will prevent breakage, and dont use water, use a cooling fluid diluted into water, ie. "cutting fluid" or Atf works in a pinch.
also , please post the vid of you breaking tempered glass when you were not expecting it.
thanks
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cool thanks for posting this. Ive been nervous about trying it but that was easy.
Great instruction, thanks!
gracias por este tipo de videos que realmente enseñan. pero tengo una pregunta que tipo de broca es esa?
Great stuff!
I'm interested to know what do you now do with the hole? Do you have a video that shows that? I want to know how to turn this hole into a reliable piping door. Thanks
Thanks for the help
Thank you. Very helpful.
Good enough for me. Thanks!
the glass dust is now in the towel. watch out whoever next washes thier face in that bathroom
since when is it ever too late to care and pass along a little knowledge?
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Make sure you know whether the glass in the tank you are going to drill is "tempered" glass or not. If you try drilling tempered glass it can easily shatter. Tempered glass is heated and cooled in a certain way. The internal structure is under different stress than the outside making it very strong. Once you start cutting/drilling, the glass can easily shatter because you are changing that pressure difference. Tempered glass CAN be drilled but it can be difficult to do.
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So if I bought a glass desk likely it's tempered for strength and if I want to add holes for other items on the desktop either don't do it of be very careful?
That's GENIUS!!
I would recommend drilling from the inside of the tank out because of you get chip out you would want it on the outside of the tank not inside especially if you are fitting with a bulkhead. Use a template to start your holes to prevent the walking of the bit as well.
I've never tried it on rounded glass like a bottle. I imagine that it could work but would be a little tricky. You would want to be sure you went really slowly to prevent cracking and chipping.
fast and easy . Great vid.
Thanks for the tutorial. Just a question, if you wanted a really nice finish on the edge of the hole how would you polish the glass?(i´m guessing for a really uniform hole a drill press at low speed would leave a nice edge but after that what could do to further polish)
That's right. With a drill press you cut straight down from the start and it works quite well. If you don't have a drill press, you can do it this way where you start at an angle to prevent the bit from jumping around in the beginning.
excellent video
@smegzilla69 Just about any variable speed drill will work. The drill I use in the video has a 3/8" chuck and max speed of 1300 rpm.
good job
Interesting video. Thank you.
For those who want to know, you should use a diamond core drill bit. They can drill through glass, ceramic, and tile. I got mine from Diamon-Drill-Bit-and-Tool but I've begun to see them at some hardware stores.
Play Doh would probably work. It just needs to create a (mostly) water tight seal to keep water around the drill bit. A stream of water directed at the bit would work too.
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what type glue you use in your glass? or what product to be exact?
thanks
Halelujah! Thank you. I think I can actually do this. Best vid out there on this topic, in my opinion:)
there is a contact is there a possible of breaking glass at the time of drilling if we don't take care.
What kind of glass are you using in this demonstration
i digg thanks for sharing
Nice work dude.... :-)
use less water and dont replace it use glass dust as coumpond it saves your holesaw...and use a jig instead of tilting....and at last I always use a rest under the glass...
can i use this technique on glass bottles?, does it matters the rpm of the drill?
If you use a drill press is it not necessary to start the cut at a slight angle? Did you start at an angle in the video to prevent the cutting head from dancing around on the surface or another reason?
Hi, it is possible to drill trough laminate glass?
good tip
Yep, that's my bath tub. It's a lovely shade of green.
Genius!
Was that glass heat treated? Normally heat treated glass on larger tanks have a sticker that say "Heat treated do not drill" Was that tank the same? I have always wanted to make holes in my tank that has heat treated glass.
thanks a lot man
What is the maximum size this glass cutting drill can cut?
sorry if this is a stupid question but what attachment are you using to make the hole?
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great video - thanks very much - easy instructions :¬)
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Correct me if I am wrong but fish tanks like this one are made of plexiglass which is a type of plastic. So for a fish tank you could simply use any drill bit that you wanted to drill this hole. Not to mention When drilling wholes in glass you will not use a hollow bit like the one in this video. Instead you will use diamond core bits.
Can I us this drill on laminated glass??
just use a wet piece of polystyreen, it will suck to the glass kinda. Make a hole in it with the glass drill and use that as a guide. This way you can place it more precise
i think it has something to do with changing resonance frequency
Thanks for sharing an elegant video. Now I have to figure out where to buy a diamond hole-saw bit. I need to drill a hole for a bulk head fitting into a 125 gallon tank. Thanks.
I've been finding that more and more hardware stores (even the big box stores) are starting to carry them.
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can you do a square hole 30cm by 20cm
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What kind of cutter is that ? Diamand or something else ? I'm trying to gain access to my sons back door because he lost his keys ???
just something i'd like to point out. I've drilled many tanks for bulkheads. For someone doing this for the first time i would not recommend going as fast as you were. Sure everything worked out and no crack but I would go a bit slower and pull the bit off the glass more often and flushing the the area. The key is let the weight of the drill do the work. DO NOT push on the drill at all and as mentioned when you are breaking through go slower, going fast at the end and snagging will = CRACK
Considering the price, it's actually a pretty decent drill for basic household tasks. It's not the fastest nor the most powerful drill but it's better than some knockoff drill.
cool!
I've never tried it on a mirror but I don't see why it won't work. You'll want to be careful not to scratch or damage the silver coating of the mirror.
What does the water do
3 minutes drill a hole seems a little bit longer, you ever try sintered metal bond diamond drill?
Nice video - thanks for posting. I'll be tackling my tank this weekend. Good point to make: never *ever* attempt to drill tempered glass. It *will* shatter. That would be no bueno.
Just use a drill hole template guide to stop the saw from jumping around.
@Makify1 That should be Diamond-Drill-Bit-and-Tool.
what if I dont have a drill? whats the alternative to make a similar size hole?
work and make money to buy one
nice and cool dudes
As long as it is ordinary, laminated, annealed glass you should be OK. If it has been tempered or hardened then you'll likely shatter the glass with this method.
Also it protects you from the glass dust.
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I'm trying to put hole 1/2" inch glass table
I have been experimenting with this and the hole goes fine until I'm about to cut through and, despite slowing down, as it goes through it either breaks the glass or pops a scallop of glass out from around the edge of the hole on the other side. How do you stop it popping the scallop out from the back?
Hey mate the way I do it at work and the way I was taught during my apprenticeship was to drill half way and flip the glass over and drill the remainder from the other side... The way I keep the hole accurate was to drill the same size hole in a piece perspex and use that as a template
Jacko Davies This is probably the best way. You could also try putting a piece of packing tape on the bottom of the glass but flipping the piece is probably better.
+Simon Voorwinde
try clamping a piece of medium density material like cement board or mdf board on the underside of the glass and drill through the glass + the false board underneath so that you'd get a clean cut on the glass end.
Mior Fahmi That's a good idea too.
Use tape on the underside
"Add water as needed" *dumps entire bucket onto table*
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@@Makify1 Replace, not add
can i put a hole saw on my 12 volt dewalt drill
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Thank you for this video..I needed to make some holes for my terrariums...My Tarantula's thank you to : )
cool
real question is, how do you prevent the edges from chipping?
Adding tape to the underside can help prevent chipping.
Really nice men
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makify brand!? the makita clone!?
Admittedly, that wasn't the best hole I've ever drilled but there weren't any scratches on the glass and the edges of the hole weren't very jagged. The purpose of the hole is to accept a bulk head which covers up minor imperfections anyway.