I bought a ground glass for my Cambo but it is just a little big and won't fit in. I am wondering if I can sand down the edge so it will fit. I'm just not sure what to use.
I bought a ground glass for my Cambo but it is just a little big and won't fit in. I am wondering if I can sand down the edge so it will fit. I'm just not sure what to use.
I've done similar but with mixed results. The time I used a belt sander there were really ugly edges resulting, but the glass was usable. Another time I used a belt sanders the shards of glass were very difficult to clean up. The time I tried using a glass cutter I ended up repairing my hand with many bandaids.
My suggestion is for you to do what I did when I ordered a "4x5" sized GG for my Cambo: put it in a drawer and order one that really fits.
You can use a Dremel or power drill with a sanding drum. Draw a line on the glass with a marker so that you can take the edge down evenly. Best to do outside with the glass held flat with edge hanging over the side of a table or board.
Jon
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Oh, yes... I tried that also... but with a grinding wheel. I clamped the glass between two sheets of Masonite to keep from busting it like I did in my first experiment grinding glass with a Dremel.
So very little has to come off. Maybe 1/32 at the most. I have noticed the wet plate guys taking the edge off the plates with some kind of stone.
I'm guessing that you're all Americans... no need for power tools!
Place a piece of Wet or Dry paper or Emery cloth on a flat surface like a thick piece of glass and sand the edge down by hand.
Steve.
What Steve said; I'd recommend 100 grit, and tape the other edges to save your hands. Sand cross-ways to the glass, not in-line, with light pressure, take your time.
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Not just Americans... but Normies too (in the woodworking meaning of this term)!
I make a lot of screens and use wet & dry to smooth egdes etc but the best method/tool by a long way that I've found to take an edge off get a good fit is an Am-Tech Mini Diamond Sharpener. While these are sold to sharpen scissors, knives etc they are perfect for glass too and very much quicker and also easier than using wet & dry and inexpensive at around £2.50/$3.80. Mine are marked Medium Grit but I'm not sure if other grades are available, this is a small light tool with a key-ring attachment
Recently I had to take 2mm off a screen for someone on two edges and it was a 10 minute job which would have taken considerably longer with wet & dry, some screens are too thin to use mechanical means.
Ian
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