Portable Glass Shop - Use with Morton Surface or Creator's Waffle Grids

This is exactly what I needed.

This device blew my mind! It makes such short and easy work of making straight cuts, you won't believe it. You also have to purchase the Morton Mini Surface Plus 2-pack grid to go along with it, but the entire purchase is well worth the money. You get dependable, quick, accurate cuts using the shop, and glass chips fall into the waffle grid, keeping your work surface clean, and your hands unbloodied. I've used the protractor for angled cuts, and it's really an easy setup. Any serious stained glass person will welcome this in their shop.

Best cutting system

Picture shows 22" bar and package size is listed as 29". What was received was a 15" bar in a box 16" long.

This is really great for cutting straight pieces. For small pieces, you’re better off just using a ruler, but anything of size, this is a great product. The down side of this product is the instructions are horrible for cutting angles. Morton really needs to make some videos to demonstrate how all the different gizmos work. I use it for 90 degree/right angles a lot. But I’ve just had to figure out a way to do 45s on my own. Also, don’t try to pick up the grid. The segments don’t really lock together and when you try to move it they come apart and all those little bits of glass that were trapped in the grid spill. I taped a piece of foam core board to the back of mine so I could move it around when I needed space.

Works great

So far I haven't been able to insert my cutter into the hole that guides the cutter. The instructions mentioned this may be an issue, and to take sandpaper to enlarge the hole. So far I haven't done that because I'm busy and don't want to have to do maintenance on a brand new tool. Therefore, not being able to even test it out I've stuck it in a drawer and virtually forgotten about it. (I did try the sandpaper but didn't work, and I was afraid of damaging the cutter holder. I will try and revisit when I have a chance, and then I'll update my review).

Cuts straight lines just like it is supposed to. I tried a metal ruler with double stick tape and everything else I could think of to cut straight lines and they did not work well. This works perfect every time. Looking at it, it seems to be a bit over priced, but it does what it is supposed to do so that's had to argue with.