I'm thinking of knocking together some sort of stand for my hifi gear, with
some sort of wooden frame and glass shelves (presumably tempered?). Do glass
suppliers just supply cut glass, or can they put on ground edges?

I'd also be interested in what wood would be suitable (needs to be fairly
solid, look OK and cheapish), and if I'd be able to convince the wood place
to route me some grooves or would I need to borrow the use of someone's
router? Do I want to ring the places listed under "Woodworker's supplies" in
the yellow pages or do I want a builders merchant for wood?

TIA

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Doki wrote:
I'm thinking of knocking together some sort of stand for my hifi gear,
with some sort of wooden frame and glass shelves (presumably tempered?).
Do glass suppliers just supply cut glass, or can they put on ground
edges?

Toughened glass has to be cut to size and the ends ground before the
toughening process which is done at the factory, so is expensive for
custom sizes. However, you might find some ready made suitable sizes - ask
at your supplier.

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Dave Plowman London SW 12
RIP Acorn

Dave Plowman wrote in message
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In article ,
Doki wrote:
I'm thinking of knocking together some sort of stand for my hifi gear,
with some sort of wooden frame and glass shelves (presumably tempered?).
Do glass suppliers just supply cut glass, or can they put on ground
edges?

Toughened glass has to be cut to size and the ends ground before the
toughening process which is done at the factory, so is expensive for
custom sizes. However, you might find some ready made suitable sizes - ask
at your supplier.

Cheers. I'll ring around and find out what sizes I can get before I draw it
up.

"Doki" wrote in message
...
I'm thinking of knocking together some sort of stand for my hifi gear,
with
some sort of wooden frame and glass shelves (presumably tempered?). Do
glass
suppliers just supply cut glass, or can they put on ground edges?

For special sizes, you might be better off with laminated glass. Getting a
custom size of tempered glass is expensive and not usually very quick.
Laminated glass can be cut while you wait. A good supplier will grind the
edges for you, at a cost, or you can do it with a whetstone.

I'd also be interested in what wood would be suitable (needs to be fairly
solid, look OK and cheapish), and if I'd be able to convince the wood
place
to route me some grooves or would I need to borrow the use of someone's
router? Do I want to ring the places listed under "Woodworker's supplies"
in
the yellow pages or do I want a builders merchant for wood?

I would look under wood suppliers in the classified section of one of the
woodworking magazines. Again, you may well be able to find one that will
shape the wood for you - adding grooves and rounding off edges (which makes
it look much more professional), but it will be cheaper to borrow a router.
The wood you choose is going to depend on what sort of look you want. They
vary from nearly white to very dark brown in colour.

Colin Bignell

On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 23:17:00 +0100, "Doki"
wrote:

I'm thinking of knocking together some sort of stand for my hifi gear, with
some sort of wooden frame and glass shelves (presumably tempered?). Do glass
suppliers just supply cut glass, or can they put on ground edges?

Getting tempered glass custom cut is expensive. Much cheaper to take a
tape measure into Ikea and buy something readymade about the right
size. Equally for mirrors, if you want them ground-edged.

Most glaziers don't cut glass these days anyway. It takes a fair bit
of ringing around to find one, so don't give up after the first.

I'd also be interested in what wood would be suitable (needs to be fairly
solid, look OK and cheapish),

MDF. Easy to work, good density for hi-fi supports. Easy to paint if
you use MDF primer first. Screwfix's cheap biscuit jointer is a good
and quick way to assemble a complex box.

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Andy Dingley wrote:
Most glaziers don't cut glass these days anyway. It takes a fair bit
of ringing around to find one, so don't give up after the first.

I don't see just how they can be a glazier if they don't cut glass, given
the number of sizes of windows around. Stocking ready made sizes would be
a nightmare.

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Dave Plowman London SW 12
RIP Acorn

Andy Dingley wrote in message
Most glaziers don't cut glass these days anyway
What do they do with those 10x5 sheets they buy in then?

On Fri, 01 Aug 2003 15:20:03 +0100, Dave Plowman
wrote:

I don't see just how they can be a glazier if they don't cut glass,

They install ready made sealed units, made somewhere else. If you're
using yellow pages, "glass merchants" is a better group to try than
"glaziers"

Andy Dingley wrote in message
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On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 23:17:00 +0100, "Doki"
wrote:

I'd also be interested in what wood would be suitable (needs to be fairly
solid, look OK and cheapish),

MDF. Easy to work, good density for hi-fi supports. Easy to paint if
you use MDF primer first. Screwfix's cheap biscuit jointer is a good
and quick way to assemble a complex box.

I'd sooner have some variety of real wood rather than MDF. Would holding
everything together with screws and glue be a bit beyond the pale? If so,
would dowels work?

On Fri, 01 Aug 2003 20:30:54 +0100, Gnube
wrote:

Is that the Ferm one at 35 quid or so?

Yes, it's probably the best around under £100

I just like the hinged front designs, rather than the removable wedge.

In article ,
Andy Dingley wrote:
I don't see just how they can be a glazier if they don't cut glass,

They install ready made sealed units, made somewhere else. If you're
using yellow pages, "glass merchants" is a better group to try than
"glaziers"

Perhaps it's where you live, but plenty of houses round here - perhaps the
majority - don't have double glazed sealed units. And I reckon plain old
fashioned glass gets broken more as well.

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Dave Plowman London SW 12
RIP Acorn

On Fri, 01 Aug 2003 22:40:53 +0100, Andy Dingley
wrote:

On Fri, 01 Aug 2003 20:30:54 +0100, Gnube
wrote:

Is that the Ferm one at 35 quid or so?

Yes, it's probably the best around under £100

I just like the hinged front designs, rather than the removable wedge.

Cheers for that!

Take Care,
Gnube
{too thick for linux}

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"Doki" wrote:

I'd sooner have some variety of real wood rather than MDF. Would holding
everything together with screws and glue be a bit beyond the pale? If so,
would dowels work?

Screws and glue do work with mdf though you MUST predrill the edge of
the mdf to be screwed into by the correct diameter drill or the mdf will
split for sure. The hardest part here of course is lining everything up
so the two sets of holes are in the right places, especially in the
middle of the edges. Making a jig can help with this of course, simply a
piece of wood with spaced holes in ita defined distance from one edge
(half the thickness). Use lots of glue on the edges as the edge of cut
mdf is very thirsty stuff.

I built a shelving unit for a built in wardrobe this way 3 years ago
and it is all holding up very solidly.

Peter

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