Description
The Stylus Stained Glass Cutter is a premium stained-glass hand-tool for making long cuts, either straight or curved, onto the surface of stained glass or larger glass tiles. The cutting wheel is tungsten carbide, and is meant for glass that is between 3mm and 6mm thick, such as the stained glass we sell. The body of the stylus is made of aluminum, and has a brass neck and cutting oil reservoir cap. The tool can be used with one hand when the glass sheet is laid on a non-slip surface.
Cutting Oil Not Required
We don’t typically use cutting oil, but for artists who prefer to use oil, this tool has a reservoir in the pen body. The reservoir is accessible by twisting off the cap at the end.
Stylus Stained Glass Cutter
- scoring tool for cutting sheet glass
- 135° tungsten carbide cutting wheel
- ideal for glass 3mm to 6mm thick
- aluminum tube body serves as cutting oil reservoir
- brass fittings
- light weight: less than 3oz
- approx 6.8″ long
Do You Need This Tool For Mosaic Art?
The Stylus Stained Glass Cutter is a traditional stained glass tool, and is used for making long cuts. If you want to divide up a sheet of stained glass into fairly uniform square tiles, you could use this tool and a straight-edge ruler to cut the sheet into long strips and then cut the strips into tiles with a Mosaic Glass Cutter. However, mosaic art usually looks better when tiles aren’t uniform but instead are more irregular, and irregularly-shaped rectangles and triangles could be made using a Mosaic Glass Cutter without a stained glass cutter. In other words, this tool is not NEEDED for traditional mosaic work. On the other hand, if you want to make curved-shaped cuts in stained glass, this is the tool to use.
Snapping Apart Scored Glass
Stained glass cutters, like the Stylus Stained Glass Cutter only score the glass; you need to snap the glass apart along the score. The best tool made for snapping apart scored glass is the Running Pliers hand tool, which has curved, padded jaws.
How To Make Mosaics
For more advice on designing your mosaic project or mounting, cutting, and grouting tile, please see our page of Mosaic Frequently Asked Questions or our Mosaic Information Guide, which lists instructional pages described by topic. We also post new articles about making mosaics at our How to Mosaic Blog.
