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Cutter-Oil? Huh?

by Dick Mazziotti
(Luray, VA)

Many glass cutters have oil reservoirs for dispensing cutting oil while making cuts. Mine did. I loaded it up with oil and proceeded to smear oil all over everything. Now I keep a small jar with a piece of sponge in the bottom. A few drops of cutting oil on the sponge easily saturate it.

When my cutter is not in use, it's standing in the jar. That leaves enough oil on the cutter for smoothness, but without spreading it all over the glass. As a side benefit, I now almost always know where my cutter is. ALso, a can of cutting oil will now last about 3000 years.

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Mar 10, 2009

Another Way to Use Cutting Oil
by: Dnowhat

I put cotton balls in the bottom of a small, cleaned and empty plastic spice jar. All you need to do is add your oil (a little of a lot) and dip in your cutter to oil. The cotton keeps the oil from spilling and you have a screw lid to close the jar to keep dirt and other stuff out.

Oct 04, 2008

Cutter oil
by: Janelle

Every oil-filled glass cutter I've ever used has leaked and spilled oil everywhere but on the glass. I finally started pouring a tiny bit of oil into the cap of the oil bottle and I dip the cutter head into it before each cut. Works perfectly and doesn't waste all that oil.

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