Master Glass Cutting With The Beetle Bits System: A Comprehensive Guide
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- čas přidán 2. 08. 2024
- Need help with your beetle but system or want to learn more? You’ve come to the right place. Follow along with this in-depth tutorial and you’ll be cutting glass like a pro in no time!
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0:00 Intro
0:50 Setting Up Waffle Grids
1:42 Setting Up Components
4:09 Calibrating Flying Beetle
6:08 How To Cut a Strip
7:23 How To Cut a Square
7:58 How To Cut a Rectangle
8:33 Setting Up to cut a 60 Degree Angle (Diamonds, Triangles, and Hexagons)
9:25 How To Cut a Diamond
9:59 Sacrificial Guide Piece Explained
12:08 How To Cut a Hexagon
12:56 How To Cut an Equilateral Triangle
13:46 Outro - Jak na to + styl
Great video. I found it so much easier to set up and use the Beetle Bits with this tutorial. The instructions that come with the system can be confusing!
This is the perfect tutorial video for the Beetle Bits. I just unboxed mine and feel 100% confident to go use it now! Thanks!
Great to hear! We’re always here to help.
Watching this video is like watching my son. Explain an iPhone to his grandparents. Well done I’m very impressed with the system and your ability to explain it.
Very good job James! I appreciate your attention to detail. I am looking forward to picking up this system.
Thanks for the information, you sold me and I'll be picking up this system for my shop.
Great video!
Great tutorial! I was wondering how to cut a triangle for a Christmas tree? 4” x 8” tall
Very well done!
Very helpful. Thanks so much!!
What is the maximum length of cut that can be made? I'm looking to cut 1st surface mirror in a trapezoid pattern for building kaleidoscopes.
Was a very good tutorial, thank you!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great vid! You should make one for lefties
Thank you. The Flying Beetle Cutter is both left and right-handed. Simply rotate the flying beetle 180 degrees and score.
How do you know if you need to replace the cutting head?
When the cutting head starts skipping, you would want to change it.
To cut an equilateral 3 inch triangle do you need to cut the strip you use smaller than 3 inches?
To get an exactly 3” equilateral triangle you would have to cut a 2.58” strip, so I would align the glass to the 2.5 mark and then go about one tick above it.
Hello, any tips on cutting front surface mirrors? Specifically snapping. I am not sure if I am not scoring it correctly or what but when AI go to snap, the whole mirror cracks. I am cutting strips ~10" long and 1.25" wide. Thx
It was a pleasure speaking with you on the phone, your cutting head is on its way. :)
Did you finally learn how to cut front surface mirrors?
@@7elegrama yes I spoke to them and they gave me a bunch of tips. Once I started using running plyers it was pretty easy.
How narrow could the strips be? 1/4” possibly?
Yes, I would recommend doing several 1/4" strips and then splitting those in half to run them.
@@creatorsbrandthank you!!
Loved this clear explanation and not going too fast!
Just purchased the Beetle Bits system and noticed that the cutter device is spring loaded. In watching your video, it does not appear your cutter is spring loaded. When I slide my cutter down towards the ruler, it’s not stable. What am I missing? Thanks for your help
At 4:13 in the video, you can see the Flying Beetle is spring-loaded. You can make adjustments to the set screw using the provided Allen wrench. Make sure that you have a firm grip on the beetle body while pressing down on the button. (Just like holding a mouse for a computer) If this doesn't help you can always give us a call so we can explain it more in depth.
Thanks for the quick reply. I did watch the video a few more times and figured it out. Love the system. @@creatorsbrand