[6pack] TR250 right hand mirror

[Sally or Dick Taylor]

>From what I've found so far is that straight edges are easier to get a
clean break, so your trapezoid mirror is definiely an easier candidate.
Grinding the edges to their final shape is less stressful on the glass.
More later...

Dick

Sender: 6pack-bounces+tr6taylor=webtv.net at autox.team.net From:
vance.navarrette at intel.com(Navarrette, Vance) Date: Wed, Jan 23, 2008,
10:52am To: lindquistse at gmail.com (Stephen Lindquist),
6pack at autox.team.net Subject: Re: [6pack] TR250 right hand mirror
                Steve:
                Somebody on the list
mentioned going to a stained glass window maker. They use a grinder to
shape glass for their windows, and probably have a better chance of
success than the glass shops. It seems likely that a grinder would take
longer but be less likely to break the glass, but I have not tried this
myself.
                Several people echoed my
experience of having a glass shop break a mirror while trying to cut it.
One or two reported that a glass shop actually succeeded in cutting the
mirror, but I noticed from their stories that they started with a larger
piece of glass than I (Mine was 5"). Perhaps starting with a larger
convex mirror increases the chance of success(?).
                Vance
-----Original Message-----
com at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Stephen Lindquist

I am in the process of trying to convert a Ford Explorer passenger
mirror
into a RHS convex mirror for my TR250. The TR250 has a trapezoidal
shaped
mirror. Any thoughts as to the chances of getting this cut vs a circular
convex mirror?   Better or worse than curtting a 5" circle into 4"
circle?

I am obviously soliciting opinion here, but I was hoping that the
flatter
straigbnt edges might give me a better shot at it. Timely note on this
list, I might add. I was going to try the local specialty glass shop.
Steve
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