logan 750 simplex for glass cutting?

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shayok

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Hi,

I have a brand new logan 750 simplex lying around that I received as warranty replacement (I am now using the much nicer 650). I'd planned to sell it on ebay when I had a moment to spare but now I'm considering turning it into a glass-cutter instead with their glass-cutting head. I have tried scoring glass with a straight-edge and a scoring wheel (dipped in oil, not dipped in oil, tried everything) with disastrous results, which is probably a good reflection on my motor skills. I'm wondering if people have had luck scoring glass with the 750. If it's a lost cause I'd rather just sell it with a "never been assembled" blurb. Any advice greatly appreciated!

-Shayok
 
Hi Shayok,

I've used my Logan 750 Simplex Plus for over 4 years as both a mat cutter and glass cutter. I used the glass cutting accesory with out any problem. I would score the glass, lift it out from under the guide bar, rest it on top the guide bar then snap it. Worked great. Hope this helps and good luck.

Denny
 
We just purchased a Phaedra mat cutter and are using our Logan 650 as a board cutter and glass cutter (same difference as you only, uh - different!)

Anyway

I don't like the Logan glass cutter - I have used it with the 750 with the "track" and with the 650 without the "track" but, I don't like it on either one.

What we use is the Fletcher glass cutter that looks like a utility knife with a glass cutting wheel. When we cut glass on the Logan, we lay a sheet of scrap matboard over the cutter. (Both our cutters - the Phaedra and the Logan) are recessed into the table (or have the table built up between them - whichever way you want to look at it!)

After we make the score, we raise the bar and slide the glass to the edge and snap it off. We don't EVER pick up the glass once it's been scored until it's been "snapped."

Make sense? Works great!
 
I used the Logan 750 for cutting mats and glass. Then suddenly the glass started not breaking on the score. I kept trying and wasting glass UNTIL I examined the little pin that holds the cutting wheel. Seems the pin has slipped at one time or another and was now resting in a new hole it had made. So the wheel could wobble all over the place or just hang up on the side of the holder and not move (which explained the difference in sounds it made when sliding across the glass). No way can I convince the pin to stay in it's original hole. A new cutting head and glass cutting wheel would fix the problem. If I'd get it ordered.

Check the pin. Maybe..... the same thing has happened to you.
 
I have to report I've been having excellent results with the 750 for cutting 2mm thick glass (havent tried 2.5mm but I'm sure it'll work just as well). I got a 1/8" diameter 36" long metal rod from Home Depot that I position parallel to and just next to the score line under the glass and snap down the other side. Great tool for the motor-skill challenged!
 
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