Glass......

[tramcar trev]

Seeking a source of cheap thin (1/16" - 1.5mm) glass I found a good source to be available via elcheapo picture frames form my local $2 shop. 2 A3 sized sheets with a frame for $8; try to buy it at a glaziers and its about $10 for an A3 sized bit...

I prefer to use real glass to "glaze" with as it doesen't go cloudy, craze or scratch and if you take your time its easy enough to cut and shape. Best of all it stays flat and looks like glass. I bought a $2 diamond cutter and a diamond disc to fit my rotary tool....

 

[dragon]

Seeking a source of cheap thin (1/16" - 1.5mm) glass I found a good source to be available via elcheapo picture frames form my local $2 shop. 2 A3 sized sheets with a frame for $8; try to buy it at a glaziers and its about $10 for an A3 sized bit...

I prefer to use real glass to "glaze" with as it doesen't go cloudy, craze or scratch and if you take your time its easy enough to cut and shape. Best of all it stays flat and looks like glass. I bought a $2 diamond cutter and a diamond disc to fit my rotary tool....

I sometimes use the glass from 35mm slide mounts.

 

[bobg]

Seeking a source of cheap thin (1/16" - 1.5mm) glass I found a good source to be available via elcheapo picture frames form my local $2 shop. 2 A3 sized sheets with a frame for $8; try to buy it at a glaziers and its about $10 for an A3 sized bit...

I prefer to use real glass to "glaze" with as it doesen't go cloudy, craze or scratch and if you take your time its easy enough to cut and shape. Best of all it stays flat and looks like glass. I bought a $2 diamond cutter and a diamond disc to fit my rotary tool....

I sometimes use the glass from 35mm slide mounts.

Can you still get them??? I think I've got a box somewhere, but they will be over 50 years old, so I doubt they'll cut nicely, old glass is always difficult.

 

[Madman]

Seeking a source of cheap thin (1/16" - 1.5mm) glass I found a good source to be available via elcheapo picture frames form my local $2 shop. 2 A3 sized sheets with a frame for $8; try to buy it at a glaziers and its about $10 for an A3 sized bit...

I prefer to use real glass to "glaze" with as it doesen't go cloudy, craze or scratch and if you take your time its easy enough to cut and shape. Best of all it stays flat and looks like glass. I bought a $2 diamond cutter and a diamond disc to fit my rotary tool....

I sometimes use the glass from 35mm slide mounts.

Can you still get them??? I think I've got a box somewhere, but they will be over 50 years old, so I doubt they'll cut nicely, old glass is always difficult.

When I think of slide mounts I think of the type of slides used with a microscope. I once tried it in a structure, but found it too fragile for my purposes.

 

[bobg]

Seeking a source of cheap thin (1/16" - 1.5mm) glass I found a good source to be available via elcheapo picture frames form my local $2 shop. 2 A3 sized sheets with a frame for $8; try to buy it at a glaziers and its about $10 for an A3 sized bit...

I prefer to use real glass to "glaze" with as it doesen't go cloudy, craze or scratch and if you take your time its easy enough to cut and shape. Best of all it stays flat and looks like glass. I bought a $2 diamond cutter and a diamond disc to fit my rotary tool....

I sometimes use the glass from 35mm slide mounts.

Can you still get them??? I think I've got a box somewhere, but they will be over 50 years old, so I doubt they'll cut nicely, old glass is always difficult.

When I think of slide mounts I think of the type of slides used with a microscope. I once tried it in a structure, but found it too fragile for my purposes.

No no, Fred means film slides, as in 35mm. As a kid I used to sit with my old man and assist while he removed the film from the cardboard mounts supplied, and remounted them in foil and glass, making sure everything was spotless before sealing them together with a black sticky tape (lick-it type) round the edge.

 

[dragon]

Seeking a source of cheap thin (1/16" - 1.5mm) glass I found a good source to be available via elcheapo picture frames form my local $2 shop. 2 A3 sized sheets with a frame for $8; try to buy it at a glaziers and its about $10 for an A3 sized bit...

I prefer to use real glass to "glaze" with as it doesen't go cloudy, craze or scratch and if you take your time its easy enough to cut and shape. Best of all it stays flat and looks like glass. I bought a $2 diamond cutter and a diamond disc to fit my rotary tool....

I sometimes use the glass from 35mm slide mounts.

Can you still get them??? I think I've got a box somewhere, but they will be over 50 years old, so I doubt they'll cut nicely, old glass is always difficult.

When I think of slide mounts I think of the type of slides used with a microscope. I once tried it in a structure, but found it too fragile for my purposes.

No no, Fred means film slides, as in 35mm. As a kid I used to sit with my old man and assist while he removed the film from the cardboard mounts supplied, and remounted them in foil and glass, making sure everything was spotless before sealing them together with a black sticky tape (lick-it type) round the edge.

That's right. I have a few hundred new ones that were given to me. Will probably throw most of them away. Unless anybody would like some?

 

[Madman]

Seeking a source of cheap thin (1/16" - 1.5mm) glass I found a good source to be available via elcheapo picture frames form my local $2 shop. 2 A3 sized sheets with a frame for $8; try to buy it at a glaziers and its about $10 for an A3 sized bit...

I prefer to use real glass to "glaze" with as it doesen't go cloudy, craze or scratch and if you take your time its easy enough to cut and shape. Best of all it stays flat and looks like glass. I bought a $2 diamond cutter and a diamond disc to fit my rotary tool....

I sometimes use the glass from 35mm slide mounts.

Can you still get them??? I think I've got a box somewhere, but they will be over 50 years old, so I doubt they'll cut nicely, old glass is always difficult.

When I think of slide mounts I think of the type of slides used with a microscope. I once tried it in a structure, but found it too fragile for my purposes.

No no, Fred means film slides, as in 35mm. As a kid I used to sit with my old man and assist while he removed the film from the cardboard mounts supplied, and remounted them in foil and glass, making sure everything was spotless before sealing them together with a black sticky tape (lick-it type) round the edge.

Interesting. I used to use nothing but Kodakrome and Extakrome. And of course get them back from the processer in cardboard frames, sometimes plastic. I don't recall, although it's been so long since I've used any slide film, ever learning about glass being used to mount slides.

 

[Rhinochugger]

I use polycarbonate sheet - you can get it thin enough for modelling purposes.

It used to go under the trade name of Lexan in the UK, but make sure it is polycarbonate - does not cloud, crack or craze.