Comments on: construction progress blog

By: Chad

Chad — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 21:53:07 +0000

Interesting project. I like the windshield.

By: J Yaychuk

J Yaychuk — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:33:18 +0000

The windshield cracked for a few reasons, you had the heat and the vibration problem, as well as sitting it on the snow with the heat of the saw created an expansion on one side and contraction on the other. If you want to do it right, send it to a cnc waterjet. Cool temperature, you can get a perfect size cut due to import of the solidworks (SLD) file, and you can put in small radius on the corners, as well as on completion you will have a finished edge. You can do a test cut with the old windshield to see if it works well. It would be probably not much more expensive then a new saw and blade.

By: gary krysztopik

gary krysztopik — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 13:52:59 +0000

How are things going? What’s the status of the vehicle? Hope all’s well.

By: Tile Wet Saw

Tile Wet Saw — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 23:21:15 +0000

I hope ROOPOD is coming along nicely. Its great that there are those who value the earth like you. Good luck and the vehicle is just classy.

By: roo

roo — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:49:38 +0000

Wow, thanks for all the advice…I will try again in a few weeks!

By: Doug miller

Doug miller — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:48:15 +0000

I’m working as a marble and granite mason- my art was in glass some years ago and I’ve friends who work stone -semi precious. A tile saw runs to hot even with water fed to the cut, and the grit is to course. I’d recommend you get a saw blade for a gem saw, mount it on a variable speed sander and cut slowly. The experianced glass cutters will cut laminated glass with a standard (little wheel) glass cutter, by scoring the glass on both sides and flexing the glass fracturing along the score lines, then cutting the plastic laminant with a knife. the edge needs polishing.

By: William Dysinger

William Dysinger — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:23:54 +0000

Checking back with your progress. I see from the pictures that you now have cut that windshield glass! Did you end up cutting it with that tile saw? According to my glass man, cutting it with a tile saw would create too much heat and perhaps cause cracks but my thinking is that if you added coolant while doing it and went slow, it still should work. Is that how it went? However you did it, congrats. I’m just really curious how you finally did it? Let me know, OK? I know these kinds of projects can take a while, especially if you have another life! Looks like you’ve made good progress though!
Will, the Tink
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By: BOB MILLER

BOB MILLER — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:51:48 +0000

BURNING THE MIDNITE OIL. GOOD LUCK AND HAPPY MOTORING.
BOB

By: Corrine

Corrine — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:59:50 +0000

Wow, this is soo cool. Making wish I knew how to do that same…looks like so much fun!