Least effort job resulting in favorite look

[MisterGuy]

Originally Posted by estación seca

Put the piece of glass under water in a bucket while you drill. Breaking while drilling is often caused by trying to go too fast.

Also dull bits, impatience, and choosing really, really cheap glass with fun shapes like my beer glasses and wine glasses I think the dull bits part is the most critical, I don't know how often ya'll replace yours, but it seems like they are honestly only good for a couple vases, and so I end up needing a bit of force to keep it going, and tend to break the glass right when it "punches" through. For a while I was breaking glasses more often and realized that I didn't have my drill bit in far enough and it was oscillating enough to cause problems.

The wood shim mentioned above is also something I haven't tried, but I am now going to etch my holes with the vibra-marker I used for etching the glass numbers, and I suspect that will get me started a lot easier.

I haven't tried FULLY submerged though.