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Bending Plate Glass

Hi, weird question, can plate glass be bent slighly without a furnace?

I'm wondering about putting a slight (0.1=B0 or so) bend into the=20 centers of two pieces of 1/4" thick, 12" square plate glass. This is=20 so that the two could be pressed bowed-sides together and have a=20 slight pressure exerted between their centers (holding a sheet of=20 paper firmly in place, for instance.)

Could any good come from suspending a plate by its edges, placing a=20 weight in the center, and putting this into a kitchen oven? :)

Reply to
Mark Jones
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Unless your oven goes up to about 1400*F, you probably won't have much luck with this project.

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Moonraker

Far easier to do with plexiglas (acrylic sheet) at about 275F oven as I recall. Theoretically, you might be able to do glass in a self-cleaning oven that went over 900F but holding it for a LONG time would probably damage the oven. Plate glass starts moving at a somewhat higher temp than art glass so the exact conditions would depend on the sag point (1100F from one source) of the specific glass you were using. And the sag point is movement in about 5 minutes, it gets stiffer really fast below that temp.

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Mike Firth

Hmmmm gets me to thinking, The Kenmore Bake/Annealing oven line. I think Sears would go for it.

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Henry Halem

And if you have looked at the Kenmore lines recently, the upgrade models Kenmore Bake/Annealing/Enamel Setting oven Kenmore Bake/Annealing/Sagging oven and Kenmore Bake/Annealing/Fusing oven with optional Black Front styling and upgrade to all stainless steel, with water heating recuperation available Summer '05

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Mike Firth

I'll be watching for the Kenmore Deep Fryer/Day Tank

Jack

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nJb

Mmmmm, Kenmore Turkey Magic.... ;)

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Mark Jones

Too late - already have turkey friers.

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Mike Firth

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