Yet another project

[Stefan-A]

I work 8-16, it's a 30 minute drive home and the cutter closes at 16. It's no more complicated than that. I'd have to quit early enough to get them there and then early enough to pick them up when they're finished. And I don't feel like working overtime to compensate for that. In part, it's because I'm lazy and in part because I feel it's more trouble than it's worth. I'd still rather cut the glass myself. But if I make it out of wood, I don't have any scheduling problems at all, apart from the deadline.

[reptileparadise]

Thats sucks Stefan...
Cutting glass is not really one of the easiest things to do (Or it must be me and my two left hands )
Is there a way to drop the glass of before he opens and pick it up after he closes?

[Stefan-A]

Unfortunately no. And there's no shop anywhere near where I work, so I can't even take care of it on my lunch break.

[Stefan-A]

So a possible solution has been found. The glass panes will be left alone for now, except for one, which will be cut to proper size and used as a door. I noticed that I have two with the correct width.

There will be a double floor. The main floor will be made from the same material as the rest, i.e. 18mm wood. It will have a piece cut out, with the same dimensions as the heat pad. On top of that, there will be a piece of lexan (polycarbonate plastic) covering the entire floor. Should make it easier to clean, as well. I remembered that I also have two pieces of lexan left over. A bit too scratched to be used as doors, but still good enough to be used as a floor. And as skylight, but that's a different story.

[infernalis]

Sounds like a really cool project Stefan, I never tried cutting the glass.

however I have been getting tempered safety glass as scraps from a glass shop, and that cannot be cut without specialized equipment, so it's always the wood that gets cut to match the glass

I like the idea for the floor, now how about the sky light story???????

[Stefan-A]

I like the idea for the floor, now how about the sky light story???????

Not much to say about that. It's just so that it won't be necessary to have any unnecessary heat sources inside the enclosure. And no holes for cables are needed.

[infernalis]

it won't be necessary to have any unnecessary

Caught you!

[Stefan-A]

No you didn't.

[infernalis]

it was necessary to unnecessarily bug you just then

I was compelled to be compulsive at the moment

Hey, my messages are getting pinged by some paxil.org????

[Stefan-A]

it was necessary to unnecessarily bug you just then

Epic fail.