When you're faced with an unpleasant task that you really don't want to do, sometimes you just have to dig deep down inside and somehow find the patience to wait for someone else to do it for you.
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Had a go at cutting down a windscreen today - started by making a template of the timber screen to transpose the shape onto glass
Then used it to mark up the victim …..
I bought a sanding disc that is specifically designed to sand glass, it fits in a 5” grinder , used it in a cordless machine and ran water over the glass.
It works a treat , only took a couple of minutes to remove this much glass
Before
After
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When you're faced with an unpleasant task that you really don't want to do, sometimes you just have to dig deep down inside and somehow find the patience to wait for someone else to do it for you.
Foundation member #61 of FB/EK Holden club of W.A.
i think keeping it cool and slow and steady is the trick
i know an arsey bloke that cut an old second hand chev screen with a 1mm cutting disc (nowhere near the curve of an FB/EK screen) but still just picked up the angle grinder and just cut it like he was cutting a piece of metal
sometimes yor just better off shitting in yor hands and clapping
Mick wrote: ↑Sun Jul 28, 2024 10:29 pm
i think keeping it cool and slow and steady is the trick
i know an arsey bloke that cut an old second hand chev screen with a 1mm cutting disc (nowhere near the curve of an FB/EK screen) but still just picked up the angle grinder and just cut it like he was cutting a piece of metal
A mate of mine did exactly the same thing on an XP ute front screen - I was actually going to try that on this screen but seeing how well this disc gets through it I am going to use the sanding disc rather than take the risk with the cutting disc. it leaves the edges a bit ragged but I reckon a bit of 240 grit at the end ought to smooth it off.
When you're faced with an unpleasant task that you really don't want to do, sometimes you just have to dig deep down inside and somehow find the patience to wait for someone else to do it for you.
Foundation member #61 of FB/EK Holden club of W.A.
This is the disc I used , picked it up in a bargain bin at a local supplier so not 100% sure where to source them from
Is a 16 grit which kinda explains the roughness of the finish, will see if I can find some smoother grade discs to finish it off with.
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When you're faced with an unpleasant task that you really don't want to do, sometimes you just have to dig deep down inside and somehow find the patience to wait for someone else to do it for you.
Foundation member #61 of FB/EK Holden club of W.A.
ground down mate, long sweeps to keep the heat away
When you're faced with an unpleasant task that you really don't want to do, sometimes you just have to dig deep down inside and somehow find the patience to wait for someone else to do it for you.
Foundation member #61 of FB/EK Holden club of W.A.
Sort of - I took the screens over last week and we laid the front one in - it’s close but not spot on , and now I have buggered my hip up and I am out of action for at least a week
The cartilage is buggered - I have to meet with a hip surgeon next Friday to see where I go from here
Found this on instagram Trev, thought you might be interested- I see you liked it a couple of years back??
When you're faced with an unpleasant task that you really don't want to do, sometimes you just have to dig deep down inside and somehow find the patience to wait for someone else to do it for you.
Foundation member #61 of FB/EK Holden club of W.A.
Blacky wrote:Sort of - I took the screens over last week and we laid the front one in - it’s close but not spot on , and now I have buggered my hip up and I am out of action for at least a week
The cartilage is buggered - I have to meet with a hip surgeon next Friday to see where I go from here
Found this on instagram Trev, thought you might be interested- I see you liked it a couple of years back??
Basically what I’ll do.
Getting old is not for whimps.
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