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Summary: Keeping your steel wheel cutter lubricated will allow you to achieve the best cut possible to your stained glass. Learn more about working with stained glass in this free video series.
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Amanda Claire Amanda Claire is a lifelong artist, currently living in Austin, Texas, who specializes in all realms of unique crafts. read more
There is one small disadvantage to using a steel wheel cutter, and that is that they can go dull after a fair amount of use and, so, but you know it's not a big deal it will still work for a long time. It is also a very good idea to keep them lubricated and so you can actually buy a product which is called cutting oil and you can just sort of rub some into the wheel here and you know you can rub a little bit onto the cut that you are going to do but that is not usually necessary, but keeping it lubricated is kind of a really good idea and there is a fairly inexpensive product out there, cutting oil it's two dollars and fifty cents for a bottle of this, so uh if you do go for one of the kind of expensive, inexpensive steel wheel cutters you are going to need some cutting oil or some lubricating oil but like I say some of the more expensive cutters are self-lubricating or have a carbide bit and you won't need to oil.