Custom cuts of glass?

[jamest0o0]

That's a bit of a loaded question lol. Compared to what ( or when )? A lot of factors to include into the cost too. Type, edge profile ( if needed ), etc.

Hard to say how much you might save buying locally vs Amazonia mail service but I wouldn't think it will be much different. Most local places, in my experience, don't stock glass. They order it in for a specific project/job and then complete the workorder requested by final sizing, edging, etc.. unless the order can be placed into a common size / shape. Either way you end up covering the cost of the freight to bring the glass in.

I mean I guess compared to that price online. I guess that’s why aquariums are so expensive to begin with. I’m just used to buying tanks on Facebook where they’re relatively extremely cheap. So buying a sheet of glass for half the price of a 200g aquarium seems like a lot, but that’s for obvious reasons.

Doesn’t need to be fancy, just need to not break lol.

Have you considered acrylic sheet? I'd suspect it would be a cheaper alternative and likely just a good for use. Regardless at 1/2" thickness be prepared to pucker up lol

https://www.acmeplastics.com/cut-to-size-clear-acrylic-sheet-extruded?list=Category Listing

I would love to use acrylic and it likely wouldn’t need to be as thick. Problem with acrylic is I understand it doesn’t adhere as well when you silicone it glass.


And I know this isn’t entirely chameleon related, but I’ve wanted to do similar things for my future Cham projects. Plus I have no other social media/forums/etc so this is my go to for talking to people about this .

 

[regal81455]

Admittedly, I don't have any real world experience to offer as far as glass to acrylic bonding goes. I didn't realize you were starting with something glass and trying to modify it, so I apologize if I missed that part.

If you don't mind me asking, what are you trying to build?

 

[ehdee6]

Have you considered sanding the edge of the acrylic to give it a profile to adhear to? Or using an epoxy glue?

That's just where my cheap mind goes is to use acrylic too lol...