Can tempered glass be cut or drilled?

Can tempered glass be cut or drilled?

Drilling into tempered glass requires special diamond drill bits in order to cut through the dense glass. The procedure can be long depending on the thickness of the glass, and the drill bit needs constant lubrication in order to make it through the glass.

Can you cut tempered glass with a tile saw?

When it shatters, tempered glass breaks in small round pieces, unlike the sharp shards ordinary glass produces. … Glass tiles, which are also ordinary glass, can be cut by scoring with a glass cutter or with a tile saw fitted with a glass cutting blade. But tempered glass is not ordinary.

Is broken tempered glass dangerous?

Unfortunately, not all broken tempered glass is safe when broken on impact. Tempered glass can sometimes clump together and edges can be abrasive, sharp and jagged. If these clumps of broken safety glass fly around during high winds in a storm, it can still be very dangerous to human life and safety.