4 minutes ago, ACR_SCOUT said:

However, I will go to find mirror(s) to cut down and use. Can antique glass be cut or would I be violating some kind of antique etiquette?

I never had much luck, but a professional shop should have the equipment to do so...

Probably is some who would wig out, but consider it re-purposing...takes the drama out

5 minutes ago, ACR_SCOUT said:

Understood. I think I will have to bring along some kind of padding because the ole' F350 is not a smooth machine but it sounds cool.

Yeah my F150 CC, 4x doesn't ride the smoothest either, but dual chrome tipped exhausts with flow-through mufflers just has that sound... Harbor Freight has good prices on moving blankets...wrap it up with those.

This is definitely one of those times when you want to have all of your materials/hardware (the mirror) on hand before starting. That way you can build the frame to match the mirror rather than the other way around. You could have built the frame and found out the weight of the mirror would be too much, or you cut the rabbet to deep because you could not find a mirror thickness that would work for you, etc. etc.

2 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said:

I never had much luck, but a professional shop should have the equipment to do so...

Probably is some who would wig out, but consider it re-purposing...takes the drama out

Yeah my F150 CC, 4x doesn't ride the smoothest either, but dual chrome tipped exhausts with flow-through mufflers just has that sound... Harbor Freight has good prices on moving blankets...wrap it up with those.

I have 100% record with cutting used mnirrors, broke every one of them, just like every piece of glsass I ever tried to cut.

Herb

Herb,

That mirrors my track record since my first try in 1961.

1 hour ago, Old Coasty said:

Herb,

That mirrors my track record since my first try in 1961.

so now it's a 300% success rate...

I've always done well at cutting glass.  My dad did stained glass as a hobby.  Taught me the basics.  Clean the glass, use a good cutter and dip the cutter in light oil.  Make only one pass with the cutter and make it a good one. 

1 hour ago, HandyDan said:

I've always done well at cutting glass.

HEY GUYS!!!

we got us a sub contractor....

According to Scott Phillips ( a dufus who knows very little about woodworking, but still has a TV show doing it), cutting antique mirrors is a crime, maybe as serious as staining cherry! But I needed to do so, it wouldn't stop me. BTW, if you want to triple that cost on the mirror ask them to bevel the edges.

Check out Acrylic mirrors.

 

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