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cutting tempered glass
Excuse my ignorance, but I was wondering how (if it's possible) to cut
tempered glass.? i have a number of old equipment cabinet doors which would be nice to re-use however they are very large approx 2000 mm x 500 mm and about 5mm thick. It seems a pity to throw them away. |
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R&R-
Tempered glass cannot be cut. It can, however, be etched / shaded by someone (i.e., me) who does sandblasting. I take it (seing as how you quoted the sizes in mm) that you're nowhere near the west coast of Florida? ~s "Raff & Rebeca" wrote in message ... Excuse my ignorance, but I was wondering how (if it's possible) to cut tempered glass.? i have a number of old equipment cabinet doors which would be nice to re-use however they are very large approx 2000 mm x 500 mm and about 5mm thick. It seems a pity to throw them away. |
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"Steve Roberts" wrote in message ink.net... R&R- Tempered glass cannot be cut. It can, however, be etched / shaded by someone (i.e., me) who does sandblasting. I take it (seing as how you quoted the sizes in mm) that you're nowhere near the west coast of Florida? ~s Your right Steve, He's in Australia, no where near the west coast of FL. Your best bet is to find a Tempering plant at a glass factory nearest you, (ask the local glass guys where they order their tempered from after telling them why you want the info) The tempering plant has miss runs all the time, somebody reads dimensions wrong, or puts the logo in the wrong corner, scratched pieces, etc. you may be able to get it at a serious discount. |
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Given the messing around and the price to recover this glass as usable
smaller pieces it is cheaper to drop it on a piece of concrete and buy new glass. However you could have it annealed, recut and retempered, but again the energy balance does not work out, recycle it and buy some new glass if you need it.. "Raff & Rebeca" wrote in message ... Excuse my ignorance, but I was wondering how (if it's possible) to cut tempered glass.? i have a number of old equipment cabinet doors which would be nice to re-use however they are very large approx 2000 mm x 500 mm and about 5mm thick. It seems a pity to throw them away. |
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