Had to chuck out a wall oven this week and as I was stripping it for scrap collection I had a thought about re-using the glass doors to make a base to put the TT on.
Mainly for fun and not really anything other than decorative to save stuff from landfill [ we can't put sheet or toughened glass if the recycle bins] but what would I use to glue these sheets together with?
Glazing silicone or epoxy or something else?
I'm still to clean the glass panels and it isn't something urgent; just an idle thought as I've seen people use similar in the past
Mainly for fun and not really anything other than decorative to save stuff from landfill [ we can't put sheet or toughened glass if the recycle bins] but what would I use to glue these sheets together with?
Glazing silicone or epoxy or something else?
I'm still to clean the glass panels and it isn't something urgent; just an idle thought as I've seen people use similar in the past
How about not gluing them, but spacing them apart a bit with sorbothane, etc?
The glazier I contacted may have sheets of PCV in stock and a pressure table.
I did think about just using thin epoxy
I did think about just using thin epoxy
I have seen special glass clamps for glass. Slides on tight “U” shape. Cn be glued.
dave
I believe that gluing two sheets of glass with a fluid glue is not too easy to do even aesthetically and in the past I've used a double-sided film that has proven to be thin and relatively easy to apply, while simultaneously demonstrating a certain damping capacity.
Just my 2 cents.
www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/3m-tc/467MP-4-5/2658178
Please note the product posted is just as an example I've not specifically used that one here.
However, you need to gain some experience with a few tests first, since each material can behave in a possibly slightly different way.
It shouldn't be too difficult using the usual technique, maybe even trying to start from one corner proceeding diagonally.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5cIeJMb6Fw
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwadMyGVVdQ
If it results not perfectly aligned, you can trim it with a sharp cutter of course.
I also believe that being oven glass it is very flat so adhesion of even a very thin film should not be an issue at all.
That was my first thought - water clear casting epoxies are readily available. I guess that air bubbles could be the biggest issue, however some variants are very slow setting (48 hours plus) which could be a help.
The clamps seem a nice idea, but if they were also aesthetically pleasing I would always put something between the two glass plates, even if it was just a simple sheet of acetate. 🙂
In some cases they could sound great even with spikes.
IMHO
However, listening will tell you without a doubt. 😉
We don't really know the turntable type of the OP, but from my experience the TT with suspended subchassis on springs (like Thorens, just as an example) is that they should not be (further) stronger decoupled from the supporting surface how sorbothane acts.
In some cases they could sound great even with spikes.
IMHO
However, listening will tell you without a doubt. 😉
I once handled glass display shelves that were 2 * 1/4" laminated glass with a layer of what appeared to be a gauze-like material in between. The effect visually made the shelves appear translucent, but it also drastically reduced the glass resonances as judged using the knuckle rap test. The adhesive was transparent and there was no evidence of air bubbles, so I presume the sandwich was assembled and bonded in a vacuum press using a slow curing, low viscosity UV adhesive, with the fabric facilitating air evacuation pathways between the two panes. They were cut, beveled, ground and polished as one piece afterwards.
Impressive as they looked and sounded, they wouldn't be my first choice material for an audio component shelf, but I would pick them over single panes of tempered glass.
Impressive as they looked and sounded, they wouldn't be my first choice material for an audio component shelf, but I would pick them over single panes of tempered glass.