Glass panel doors.

[ryan.s]

I'm in the process of making some shop fixtures and one of the projects I'd like to use some tempered glass shelves from an old entertainment unit for the glass in the glass panel cabinet door. I'm pretty sure it's tempered glass because theres a little sticker on each glass shelf that says "tempered glass". I did a quick search on google and it looks like it's not possible to cut the glass. Is there any way to cut it without having to take it to a glass shop?

Thanks,
Ryan

[cabinetman]

Tempered glass cannot be cut.

[ryan.s]

Okay I guess that settles it. Thanks for the confirmation.

[Black wallnut]

It is doubtful you'd even find a glass shop that is big enough to cut it. It has to be annealed befor it can be cut. Save it for the day you make a curio cabinet. For S&G read what happened to me in this topic.

[cabinetman]

It is doubtful you'd even find a glass shop that is big enough to cut it. It has to be annealed befor it can be cut. Save it for the day you make a curio cabinet. For S&G read what happened to me in this topic.

Attempting to cut a piece of tempered glass will make it go poof. It can be annealed, but that has to be done at a facility that does tempering or equipped to do so. It would not be cost effective to go that route.

All tempered glass should have a small marking in one corner indicating that it is tempered. So, if you run across a scrap somewhere, look at it closely before you attempt to cut it.