Re[2]: ATM 1" thick glass at $450 for 13" plate!?

[Tom.Stock@gsbsc.gensig.com]

     I think the trick is to buy as large a piece as you can afford, and 
     have them do the easiest and least amount of cuts...
     
     Then throw it on your drill press and cut it yourself with carbo...
     
     If there were someone else here locally into ATM I could split a piece 
     with them...
     
     -tom
     
     
     


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Subject: Re: ATM 1" thick glass at $450 for 13" plate!?
Author:  kevin@aquilagroup.com (Kevin Ferguson) at Internet2
Date:    9/16/96 1:09 PM


At 10:33 AM 9/16/96 -0400, Tom.Stock@gsbsc.gensig.com wrote: 
>     
>     I was just quoted $450 for a 13" disk of 1" thick plate from a glass 
>     company...and $650 for the same with beveled edges...
>     
>     Is this nutz or what??
     
     
This fits with what Micheal Pendley warned me of his experience...They 
almost give it away if square, but if you want it round then he finds it is 
cheaper to buy pyrex blanks from W-B....
     
This expalains why I am delving into fly-cutting it myself.
     
Micheal told me that glass shops do the rounds pretty much by hand, grinding 
to a line on what sounded sort of like a wet disk sander by his 
discription...very labor intensive...sounds like they need to subscribe to 
this list! 
     
I am able to find only 3/4" locally as well, so they may be concealing some 
special order charges in the labor quote.
     
Mike told me a while back that he has fallen behind in reading the list 
postings, else I'd let him tell you first hand...Sorry if I misquoted you 
Micheal.
     
-KF-