Is it easy to cut glass from an electric or gas oven?

My daughter broke the glass on the wood heater and I want to cut the glass from and old electric oven door to replace it. I have a grinder and was hoping there might be a glass cutting wheel I could use to cut the oval shape.

Answers:
I used to be a glazier. Dont bother with trying to cut the glass from the old electric oven door. If it is tempered you will not even be able to cut it without it shattering into a million pieces. You need to use tracing paper, newspaper, etc. to make a pattern of the exact size of the oval shape you need to cut, then you can take it to a glass company and they will do it for under fifteen bucks, or you can purchase a piece of glass (make sure you get the correct thickness) for under $5. If you are going to try to cut the oval (and I dont recommend it), you have to use a Sharpie to transfer the pattern to the glass. Then you cut as follows, from the left edge of the glass around the upper half of the oval all the way to the right edge of the glass. Snap this off, then cut around the bottom edge of the oval. You will not get a clean break on any of this, and will have to nip around it with glass pliers. Really, you will waste more time and money trying to do this yourself. Go to the Glass company, it's cheap.

Other answers:
Don't try. The glass is tempered and will shatter. Have a glass or fireplace shop make or order one for you.
Don't try. The glass is tempered and will shatter. Have a glass or fireplace shop make or order one for you.
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