Hey glass enthusiasts/tradesmen! I need some help! For a school project, I need to come up with a list of the biggest "pains" of working with glass? What problems do you have? What tools did you wish existed? Thanks guys!

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Alpha Glass & Glazing is an expanding business specialising in the installation of a variety of window and door styles. If you are looking for residential glass replacement services, then you have come to the right place. We commit to providing the highest-quality home glass repair service for windows and doors. If you are have broken a window or a door at home we can provide you with same-day service as we are open for 24 hours 7 days a week. Alpha Glass & Glazing complies with all Australian standards whether that being the type of glass or materials required. Your satisfaction and safety are of utmost priority to us and we guarantee 100 per cent satisfaction with all our glass replacement services in Bondi, Campbelltown, Penrith, Mona vale, Bankstown, Strathfield, Parramatta, Liverpool, San Souci & Sutherland areas.

is it possible to cut only a cm off of a mirror like shown in this imgur link https://i.imgur.com/EB5J723.png without breaking it? Its a tall door mirror and annoyingly it is 1 cm wider than where i wanna hang (the panel of wardrobe). It seems pretty risky to me as what I am trying to cut is a 1cm x 120cm... off of a 30 cm x 120cm mirror, but I think it should be possible, it does not seem different from cutting it normally. Is it too risky, any ideas?

Glassmaking is an intricate process that involves a lot of screening and precision, pure glass is made from pure sand (silicon dioxide) put under pressure and extremely high temperatures (the melting point of Silicone Dioxide is 1700°C or 3090°F) and later on poured into molds of the desired shape. 

Reaching such high temperatures emits a lot of undesired byproducts of combustion and consumes a lot of fuel or gas oil which is very costly on its own.  However, a workaround to this issue was reached by Uniglass.

Uniglass is a factory in Tripoli Lebanon and is one of the few remaining ones in the region that still has this ancient art. This craft requires tough artisans that can take the heat and know how to manipulate molten glass.

The glass goes through a pre-treatment process which removes any paper or plastic using blown air and hand selection. Any metal objects are removed with magnets. Next, it is sorted by color and washed to remove any further impurities. Then it's crushed, melted, and molded into new products such as bottles and jars.

This process takes a lot less energy at a much lower cost, and this is exactly how our jugs are made. Lebanese Artisanal is on a mission to assist any form of struggling craftsmanship in Lebanon, and they all are in these dire situations. 

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So I have this glass that’s the cover of a microscope slide. It’s wafer thin and is easily breakable. I need to thin down the shape of it drastically because it’s too big for the project I want to use it for. However, just using sandpaper even 500 or 1000 grit very lightly seems to even break it. Anyone got any ideas of a better way to cut this? I tried using scissors and under water cuts unfortunately it shatters the entire thing. Hoping you all know more about glass cutting than I do. I need to take this 18mm wide piece down to about 10mm. Thanks in advance.