DaveH6
Windshield glass
I now have three panels of 1/4" laminated glass. I gave the supplier three 1/8" thick plywood panels for the patterns. I invested six hours of labor in creating these very accurate patterns with the mind set that any pattern errors will result in much profanity and many hours of windshield frame corrective modifications.
The glass cutter didn't have to lift a ruler as he/she only had to follow the pattern edges. The cut glass is dead on with my patterns thus I'm a happy man. The patterns enhance quality control as the cutters could check the accuracy of their finished product.
Seems to me that ordering odd shaped glass via measurements only is a death wish.
The material cost was $243 and the cutting labor was $75. UTube will instruct you on how to cut laminated glass but with my dismal record of glass cutting, no way was I going to cut it. How dismal you ask? Thirty years ago I made a fan light over my house's front door. The glass was from West Germany and called '"straw glass" and featured an antique look. I had to cut many pie shaped pieces with curves on each end. I ended up purchasing twice the amount of glass that was needed because of breakage during cutting. Never again.
Windshield glass
I now have three panels of 1/4" laminated glass. I gave the supplier three 1/8" thick plywood panels for the patterns. I invested six hours of labor in creating these very accurate patterns with the mind set that any pattern errors will result in much profanity and many hours of windshield frame corrective modifications.
The glass cutter didn't have to lift a ruler as he/she only had to follow the pattern edges. The cut glass is dead on with my patterns thus I'm a happy man. The patterns enhance quality control as the cutters could check the accuracy of their finished product.
Seems to me that ordering odd shaped glass via measurements only is a death wish.
The material cost was $243 and the cutting labor was $75. UTube will instruct you on how to cut laminated glass but with my dismal record of glass cutting, no way was I going to cut it. How dismal you ask? Thirty years ago I made a fan light over my house's front door. The glass was from West Germany and called '"straw glass" and featured an antique look. I had to cut many pie shaped pieces with curves on each end. I ended up purchasing twice the amount of glass that was needed because of breakage during cutting. Never again.