My first attempt at drilling glass

[cobraden]

Well, for over 20 years, I've been having other people drill my tanks whenever I needed that done. Mainly because I didn't have the equipment and for a while it was too expensive to get it but partially it was because I was a little afraid to tackle it.

Today, I took my first shot at it and it was alot easier that I thought it was going to be. I even videoed it with my blackberry which was in a piece of foam wedged between two rocks. (DIY camera holder) Picture quality is ok but you will have to turn the sound way up to hear me talk.

So today, I drilled my first hole in glass, and uploaded my first video.



Turns out if I start a little slower on the speed, I don't get all the jumping around that you see in the beginning of the video as I start to drill.

Hope this helps someone else get over the fear of drilling glass.

[jhenry]

Nice Video but actualy you start on the high speed but you need to start with more angle than you started with give that a try next time I've drilled about 70 holes in glass and well over 200 in granite and tile it works
Great for me

[cobraden]

one of the guys on another forum suggested making a template out of wood and holding it in place to get the hole started. Just passing along the info. I kind of like just starting it by hand so far.

[CichlidFan]

I was surprised to hear/see that the drilling process started out on an angle....I've always used the pilot drill to establish a starting point ....??

CF

[cobraden]

there is no pilot in a glass hole saw like there is in a wood hole saw.

[nacra99]

Hey man... great job.
Sorry i wasn't able to find a saw locally. Where did you eventually find one?

[cobraden]

I ordered a couple from gl*******s.com. they got here really quick. I still haven't done the tank. waiting on my brother to visit to help me lug the big glass box to the back yard.