I'm trying to cut my own glass for a cabinet door I'm making. It will have 6 panes of glass, each approx 6" x 8". I bought one of those basic glass cutting tools and am using regular glass from picture frames.
I've watched enough online videos that it can't be hard but I can never get the break to completely follow my scratch line. It may follow the scratch line 1/3 of the way, sometimes more before it, well, looks like broken glass, making the piece I'm trying to cut unusable.
The videos make it sound like the tool makes a nice scratching sound, I hardly get a sound at all. I've tried using the tool/wheel dry, with a drop of oil as lubricant, tried pressing hard enough to almost break the glass, about every combo on lots of practice pieces and it just won't break completely along the scratch line.
Do I have a faulty tool and need to just buy another one that will give me a deeper scratch? Every video makes it look so easy there should be no problem.
Any suggestions?