How to replace 8x10 Sinar glass without breaking it?

[emankayker]

Hi and thanks for all your inputs.
My first attempt when I saw the glass didn't fit between the 3 prongs (thanks for the vocable! : ) was to place the glass directly on the frame and replace the 4 clips. There I would hear the sound of the glass shifting on the metal sounding like it was loose. Then I notice the top slot, visible on the far left of the picture, was aligned with the glass and it could slide out easily... like carried upside down.

So a valid explaination would be if an extra layer of say rubber or velvet between the frame and the glass sandwitching it tightly was lost in the shipment.
Is such a thing likely?

[Hermes07]

Hi and thanks for all your inputs.
My first attempt when I saw the glass didn't fit between the 3 prongs (thanks for the vocable! : ) was to place the glass directly on the frame and replace the 4 clips. There I would hear the sound of the glass shifting on the metal sounding like it was loose. Then I notice the top slot, visible on the far left of the picture, was aligned with the glass and it could slide out easily... like carried upside down.

So a valid explaination would be if an extra layer of say rubber or velvet between the frame and the glass sandwitching it tightly was lost in the shipment.
Is such a thing likely?

My Norma certainly never had anything like this. I would personally just bend the metal clip back a little bit if I felt it was applying too much pressure. all that matters is that the glass is help securely in place against the metal upstands on the back.

[cowanw]

Nothig can go between the glass and the frame as the focus on the film plane will then be off.

[emankayker]

Nothig can go between the glass and the frame as the focus on the film plane will then be off.

yes, this definitely makes sens... the edge of the frame is the focal plane.

[emankayker]

Anybody could show me a picture of a clip on a norma 8x10?
It is still loose, and a picture is worth a thousand words.... they say.
cheers

[Tony Lakin]

Photos of my Norma 8x10 back, mine does not have the fresnel reyaining clips, apart from that fit will be the same.

Hope this helps

[emankayker]

Hi Tony,
thanks a lot, yes it helps, and it is very straight forward! Mine is also an older model.
I may have found what's bugging me: the clips may be bent to fit into each specific corner so I have to find where they belong... or just get a wrench and bend them, now that I'm not concern anymore that something was missing or the glass would escape
Big thanks to everybody for your help.

[emankayker]

I just wanted to share how I solved the problem if anybody bumped into the same concern.
I bent the prongs with a little bit of help from my wrench, then held the clips down with a second screwdriver and the glass is now very tight.
thanks again you all