Shave/plane glass?

If it's to go in a wooden frame, could you shave a bit of the frame away?

In message , rpgs rock dvds writes

I have used an oil stone to take off sharp edges but 1mm sounds a tall order. One of those diamond impregnated tool sharpeners perhaps?

I doubt this is an obvious angle grinder job:-)

regards

Only way to do that is to grind it down.

NT

essentially no.

Especiially if toughened.

Take it back to the supplier (or a good glazier, like Roman Glass in Bristol) and have them grind it down on their belt grinder. This is easy (for people who have glass-working belt grinders)

You can also do it yourself with a coarse carborundum stone, ideally working under water. I detest this job, particularly on anything big.

Otherwise stretching the frame is probably easier.

Have a grown-up explain the differences between "laminated" and "toughened" to you.

Pilkington can do it. I doubt that you could at home. If you could, you'd be the sort of person who makes his own telescope lenses and mirrors and you'd know what to do. As others have said, if it's toughened glass, which is probably is, then all bets are off.

Thanks a lot for all replies. I'm going to contact the supplier first thing in the morning, and ask if I can take the 3 glass sheets back in for grinding. Just for a bit of extra info/interest - it's 10.8mm acoustic stadip silence glass. This is laminate glass, but I think the "filling" has special acoustic properties. (BTW, it's not possible to alter the frame in any way.)

oops. miised that bit..

Please get back with the price. A like a good laugh.

Perhaps you could do so? I have several pieces of laminated glass which are toughened. i.e. the laminate is a sheet of toughened glass, the polymer then a sheet of non-toughened glass.

It's all very well to get snotty about these things, but you had better be sure of the grounds on which you build your heap of snot.

Yes it can be done at home and without the help of Pilks.

A totally inane statement from someone who has no knowledge of the subject.

You are also unable to accurately read a post, the glass was stated as

TOUGHENED glass is heat-treated to set up internal stresses - and

LAMINATED glass has a plastic interleave between two pieces of glass - and *can* be worked after.

Good day to you.

Falco

So it's not going to be cheap then? The 3 sheets are all 600mm x

Not so - I have worked with glass for years and never seen such a hybrid.

I think you had better take your own advice.

Falco

Is this something that I can buy from my local hardware store (or possibly ebay)? Would I need to be careful about ventilation, because of glass particles in the air? I think if my glass supplier says to bring in the sheets, and they can do it for less than =A350, I'm tempted to go for that approach, because I'm incredibly busy ATM, and would like the glass ground down ASAP.

Although its unusual, I think that such composites exist.

Then you've never owned a car because most cars nowadays have inner toughened glass, exterior plain glass for the windscreen. I suspect some are going to toughened glass both sides to reduce pedestrian lacerations. It's well-proven technology. It's also used extensively in safety laminated glass for domestic use (link provided elsewhere).

One assumes from your cockwitted comment that you're another glazier with pretensions of competence.

I'll be surprised if you can get it done for £50. The last quote that I had for scratch removal from glass was £150, this was for a minor scratch that was simply bloody irritating and was much less than 1mm deep. To skim 1mm off three sheets of glass seems like a major undertaking.

I'm really surprised that it's not easier to adjust the frame. What is stopping you?