Just got a cheap Lloyd loom basket from auction, it has a glass top, secured at the corners. The problem is it is just a piece of 8mm ish cut glass and is quite sharp on it's edges.
What is the preferred method for chamfering the edges??
Never really worked with glass before so any hints would be appreciated
Use a fine carborundum stone of some description and rub it on the corners of the edges. That will take of the sharpness.
Or one of those common diamond honing stones.
Take it to a glazier.
Angle grinder.
Don't laugh you can get specific sets of diamond discs for polishing stone which will work on glass
Although you should have speed control as standard angle grinders are a bit fast
Yes, but remember some types of glass do not respond well to this kind of work and can just shatter with the vibration. Mind you finding a real glazier these days is not as easy as one might think.
Brian
Wet and Dry paper with plenty of water wrapped around a hard sanding block
actually a tungsten carbide block will do that job.
If its not hardened and toughened. If it is, it should have been done already.
Google 'permagrit' and get one. I've got two. The first one wore out after 6 years of hard work used on everything from polystrene foam and balsa wood to steel.
F Murtz wrote in news:kpucr1$1hj$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me:
I would assume it is not toughened,. Go to a glass specialist and get a quote for a new toughened panel with rounded edges. I have just had a quote for a toughened glass splashback.
Iirc, I used a carborundum block when messing in the lab. Flame was better, but I don't give much for the chances of the top with that.
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