I have seen shops for stained glass supplies selling a glass sanding
machine. It is basically a 12" square deck with a vertical spinning post
sticking out of the middle. The post surface is like sandpaper, but is
actually a diamond-embedded metal surface. It is used for shaping the
edges of glass plates and should do a good job of reducing a mirror to
fit a different backing.
A local stained glass shop should be able to do that quite easily.
Mark
1972 TR6
-----Original Message-----
From: 6pack-bounces+mhooper=digiscreen.ca@autox.team.net
[mailto:6pack-bounces+mhooper=digiscreen.ca@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
Foster, Stan
Sent: January 21, 2008 12:47 PM
To: Navarrette, Vance
Cc: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [6pack] TR6 door mirrors
Nobody has yet reported success getting a convex mirror cut to size (I
personally had a glass shop try twice before they declared defeat).
Dick sent me a mail the other day saying he was motivated enough to give
this
a shot himself so I'll be interesting to hear how that goes. It seems
odd that
we cant find an off the shelf 4 inch glass convex mirror suitable for
this
purpose but the 3.75 inch stick on's seem to be the only commonly
available
option so far.
Stan
-----Original Message-----
From: Navarrette, Vance [mailto:vance.navarrette@intel.com]
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 11:25 AM
To: Foster, Stan
Cc: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: [6pack] TR6 door mirrors
Stan:
Someone on the list mentioned getting a 5" or larger convex
mirror and having a glass shop circle cut it to the correct size. I
tried this and the glass shop was adamant that it would probably break
and they would not be held accountable. I said give it a try, what have
I got to lose, and sure enough they broke it.
I am using the peel and stick convex mirror now, and while it is
not elegant, it is much safer than doing without.
Vance
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