Glass

Melm0 · 30 Nov 2006 at 15:49

The poor guy asks a simple question, and you lot start wittering on about how glass is a liquid?!

Efour · 30 Nov 2006 at 16:34

Melm0 said:
The poor guy asks a simple question, and you lot start wittering on about how glass is a liquid?!

Because it is true

aardvark · 30 Nov 2006 at 16:39

Efour2 said:
Because it is true

no, it isn't

Mr Blonde · 30 Nov 2006 at 16:39

Efour2 said:
Because it is true

But ultimately sad.

tsgray70 · 30 Nov 2006 at 16:45

To answer the initial question, any glass merchant and some galzing companies will have a sales counter. Ordinary 4mm or 6mm float (just standard glass with no polishing or toughening) is cheap enough. It gets more more expensive when you start looking at wired, toughened or laminated.

What did you want to use it for?

Inquisitor · 30 Nov 2006 at 16:50

Efour2 said:
Because it is true

No, it isn't, it's a myth. Let's get back to the topic and stop trying to look clever by spamming the thread with useless and incorrect information, shall we?

Baxter · 30 Nov 2006 at 16:58

tsgray70 said:
To answer the initial question, any glass merchant and some galzing companies will have a sales counter. Ordinary 4mm or 6mm float (just standard glass with no polishing or toughening) is cheap enough. It gets more more expensive when you start looking at wired, toughened or laminated.

What did you want to use it for?

Thanks for that, i'm going to pop along to a local merchant when i get a chance. I'm thinking about desiging and building my own aquarium.

Gaverick · 30 Nov 2006 at 16:59

my a level physics teacher told me glass flows :eek:

no wonder i got a B last year, jesus

rossyl · 30 Nov 2006 at 17:02

Melm0 said:
The poor guy asks a simple question, and you lot start wittering on about how glass is a liquid?!

Seconded.

How terribly pathetic. I didn't realise that some people actually aimed to be like the computer geek from The Office. Some people will take any chance just to try and prove they are clever.

squiffy · 30 Nov 2006 at 17:10

There's a local glass company, can give phone number if you want..surely there are glazers in your area though?

S@njay · 30 Nov 2006 at 17:18

For the original question, i'm sure you can buy off cuts from your local window place (not big companies, just the nice small ones).

As for everyone thinking glass is a "super cool liquid", i also thought that, as they said it on the discovery channel on "how its made".

Dont know how true the discovery channel is? :confused:

Irish_Tom · 30 Nov 2006 at 17:29

I wanted this to turn into an epic thread along the lines of the sandwich thread!

It's half a sandwich btw and it's a solid

Panzer

tsgray70 · 30 Nov 2006 at 17:44

An Aquarium!!!

Hang on i thought we were perhaps talking about fixing a greenhouse or something. I'm no expert in aquariums but surely the glass will be taking a load from the weight of the water so will need to be thicker, and polished so you can get decent joints.

I think you should get advice from aquarium builders or at least someone who has built one as I wouldn't know where to start.

Best of luck with it anyway