Stan, and interested parties---I don't yet know if I can successfully
cut a convex mirror to the 4.25 diam. of my particular door mirror. I
did however cut a (5"x5") piece of window glass into a round (4.25")
shape, that would nicely fit my bullet mirror frame. I am using somewhat
crude tools, like a carbide scribe and ViseGrip pliers, to break off the
edges. The starburst-like result was then hand ground with a benchmotor
wheel, into its final shape. Of course I broke the first three samples!
The original mirror is .075 thick. The window glass used was .090. I
don't yet know the thickness of the convex mirror that will be the donor
for the TR bullet mirror. It could well be that this will be the
stumbling block for this exercise.
There is more to this than described above. If I happen to be lucky
enough to pull this off, I'll give all of the details.
Dick
From: stan.foster@hp.com(Foster, Stan)
Nobody has yet reported success getting a convex mirror cut to size (I
personally had a glass shop try twice before they declared defeat)
. Dick sent me a mail the other day saying he was motivated enough to
give this a shot himself so I'll be interesting to hear how that goes.
It seems odd that we cant find an off the shelf 4 inch glass convex
mirror suitable for this purpose but the 3.75 inch stick on's seem to be
the only commonly available option so far.
Stan
-----Original Message-----
From: Navarrette, Vance [mailto:vance.navarrette@intel.com]
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 11:25 AM
To: Foster, Stan
Cc: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: [6pack] TR6 door mirrors
Stan:
Someone on the list
mentioned getting a 5" or larger convex mirror and having a glass shop
circle cut it to the correct size. I tried this and the glass shop was
adamant that it would probably break and they would not be held
accountable. I said give it a try, what have I got to lose, and sure
enough they broke it.
I am using the peel and
stick convex mirror now, and while it is not elegant, it is much safer
than doing without.
Vance
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