have glass, will travel, but preferably within east-end toronto

December 11, 2009 7:50 PM

where to get a piece of glass cut in toronto?

i have a piece of glass i need cut (it's this piece here: http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/fuo/1489577888.html) -- we need it trimmed down to fit our current diy table project.

any suggestions of places in toronto (preferably east-end) where i could take it to get cuts made to downsize it?

i find a lot of places where i can buy custom cut glass, but not where i show up glass-in-hand, requesting cuts!

thanks :)

posted by crawfo to Home & Garden (8 answers total)

If it is for a table, it should be tempered glass. Extremely dangerous otherwise. That has to be cut to size, then tempered. So you need to order it specially anyway.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 7:59 PM on December 11, 2009

I've gone to places that sell custom cut glass and asked them to cut my own glass for me. The first place I tried said no, but the second place agreed so long as I understood that if it broke that was just too bad for me. I just went to the yellow pages and went to the nearest place. If you don't want to drive around, call them first.
posted by If only I had a penguin... at 7:59 PM on December 11, 2009

You need to order tempered glass. There is no other way thats remotely safe.
posted by sanka at 8:02 PM on December 11, 2009

Response by poster: The piece that I am going to pick up is tempered, so no worries there. But maybe you are saying that it's not ok to cut tempered glass?
posted by crawfo at 8:12 PM on December 11, 2009

You can not cut tempered glass. It will shatter into a million pieces. Order the exact size, thats all you can do.
posted by sanka at 8:19 PM on December 11, 2009

Response by poster: oh ok! this was immeasurably helpful. seriously, thanks :)
posted by crawfo at 8:25 PM on December 11, 2009

Tempered glass is a strange beast. I have worked demo jobs where I've thrown panel after panel into a dumpster, from the second floor, and none broke. Then you take out a pliers and just crush one little corner and it shatters into a million pieces.
posted by sanka at 8:36 PM on December 11, 2009

That's the point. It doesn't break easily. It is under internal tension from the tempering process. It withstands hits and temperature extremes (I have some on my fireplace). But create one little weakness, and you've got your million pieces. It'll still cut you, but you don't get those big shards that sever arteries.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 9:58 PM on December 11, 2009