@gentrysnavat The machine in the video is a first generation Steinert grinder. They currently run about $5500. We also have a 24 inch grinder from WaterJet Designs for around $3000.
@1isaacmusic The 8 inch grinder runs $375.00 and you can find it on our website. We don't currently deal with any glass paints as we try to concentrate on the cold work end of things more.
Really great work there! Just want to thank you for this really helpful video! This will help me a lot when it comes to grinding and polishing headlights! :)
We do stock an 8 inch grinder with electroplated diamond disks and smoothing pads along with 3M Electrostatic Diamond Disks and Cerium impregnated disks.
I use the marker trick all the time at work on sawcut surfaces that I grind. We use blanchards, from 11" chuck up to 96" chuck. As well as waterjet, Doall band saw, three lap tables, polisher, double sided lapper, Strausbaugh lapper and polisher. Our small plant has made every windshield for every manned space flight since the very first one.... I enjoy working with glass. Except when I break it, of course.........
@haymarketmassacre The machine we are using in the video is an early generation of the Steinert Diamond Grinder. The newest models are available on our website. We also carry a 24 inch machine from WaterJet Design that works very similarly. Also available on the website.
Love your video just subscribed thanks for sharing your skills! I’ve exhausted myself days researching videos to 😂 solve an on going glass problem without any luck! If I may dear Sir request advice 🙏 for help. I recycle bottles to create chimes after I cut, grind and careful wet sanding I still end up with dull milky looking edges. Sure looks like what your doing here would help me but how can I achieve this on a much smaller scale?
With glass, it doesn't matter how fine you go with your grinding grits, the surface will never be polished. You can move to cork and pumice for a "dirty polish" that will give some translucence to the glass, but the only way to fully polish the glass will be with cerium oxide.
Nice work ! I have 7 small pieces of quarter in. glass I want to hand bevel for a leaded glass window I am learning to do, but I can’t find out what grit wheels to use and what RPM they should be spinning. I know it is a 4 step process. I wonder if you wouldn’t mind sharing that info with me, you obviously know what you are doing. Thank you for the quality video.
I would recommend a 140 grit, and 270 grit electroplated diamond disk, followed by a 325 grit resin diamond disk for the pre-polish and a felt pad with cerium for a final polish if needed.
Hello sir, once again for guidance I am making lens on small scale, when i use cerium oxide 99% for polishing, it became hard in caintainer, what i mixed in it , it remain soft?
Lenses will typically use an optic grade cerium like Cer-Optik: www.hisglassworks.com/polishing/cer-optik-cerium-oxide.html or Cerox 1663: www.hisglassworks.com/polishing/cerox-1663-cerium-oxide.html
sir, once again. if you guide me, I will be very thankful to you. I have a question regarding lens manufacturing. what is the relation between the degree of the sphere of tool and lense number?
Thanks, hey might you know about what grit diamond dust is use for the making of skinny waffer cheap little grinding disks with 1-8 " shank? I need some for a craft project
one more thing , when we prepare the lens block, we use charcoal to make block(3, or 4 lens on one block), which is time consuming , there is any other marital or technique to prepare the block of lenses quickly or lens holding base.
Ok good, I used the one Frank had at Ren. glass, I'm just looking for a smaller version. What's the price for the 8" ? Also, do you stock, or are you familiar with Pebeo Vitrea glass paints ? I am going to be looking for a source for this in Asheville, hopefully in bulk quantities, but any sort of thermosetting glass paint will do. Thanks.
I’d like to see your grinding machine in detail. Did you build it yourself? I have a farm in Estill Co. Kentucky that’s full of the Ky agate geodes. I have a bunch I want to cut and polish.
maybe a future look with air just smoothing, parts cost, tips cost, hmmm? wihich is less, proabably air tools? set up looks rare, maybe home made, maybe both set ups, please let me know if a video comes out :), thank you !
We have a video showing cutting wine bottles with different saws and also grinding and polishing the lip and creating a bevel on the interior lip. Just look on our main UA-cam page and it should be the most recent video. UA-cam won't allow posting of links in comments.
Someone just gave me a12" flat iron lap... I have the square mounting pan from another project... in Jamaica there are a lot of great agates, which I used to cut, but am thinking of ,making a potter's wheel... Great video! (Oh, anyone interested in the agates, (good biz in the local tourist market ), I have a 24" saw and a HP 8" combo unit for sale.. also two new Crystalite Turbine Wheels.. (lost sight in left eye)..
Hello, i am making small lense of 5mm diameter, when we performing fine grinding the lense (with emberi powder), it changes the number of the lense. There is any solution to make the lense with same number? is it possible perform the prepolishing step for tiny lense with resin 325 diamond smoothing pad?
Any grinding (even with a polish step) will change the surface of the lens so you have to take all grinding steps into account when attempting to get a lens with a particular curvature.
@@hisglassworksinc Thanks Sir for the reply, we are using a diamond concave tool for curvature(grit 600 or 3000), but the problem is it leaves the scratchies on the lense , for this again I have to fine it with Powder (emberi) to remove the scratches. I achieved the same number but the problem is scratchies due to the diamond tool on the tiny lens, which appeared after polish. what kind of grit or series of grit we should use for fine grinding remove scratches without going to fine grinding with powder((emberi))?
@@saqibhussain7217 So you're moving from a 600 grit to a 3000 grit? That's too big a jump. Good rule of thumb is to not move any more than double the existing grit, so you should move from 600 to 1200 to then possibly 3000 to polish. The 3000 is not getting out the scratches from the 600 so they are showing back up on your polish stage.
You can accomplish a full polish on glass with this method, yes. Polishing with cerium is the longest step and can take as long as all the other steps combined to fully polish the glass surface.
Doesn't the wheel make a mist from the water and cause the glass particles (silica?) on it to become air-borne? Doesn't the white dust on the tires get kicked up into the air as well? Im trying to understand the safety precautions of your trade.
When working on the flat wheel or the lathe the water particles do not get small enough to become a health issue. When working on a wet saw it does aerosol enough that it is recommended to wear a respirator. It is also important to clean the equipment every day or every week to keep the ground glass cleaned out so it does not become an airborne silica dust.
Where do you purchase this machine? I cannot find a set-up with this type of tire design. I used one in graduate school and trying to find one for our department but all I can find are metal walls around the wheel. Also, is this called a lapping wheel?
+Kelcy Folsom Kelcy, We have both the Steinert model and the WaterJet design model on our website. The Steinert model is listed here: www.hisglassworks.com/shop/machinery/flat-grinders/large-grinders/steinert-grinders.html The Waterjet design model is listed here: www.hisglassworks.com/shop/machinery/flat-grinders/large-grinders/waterjet-design-grinders.html
Hola, un gusto verlo trabajar,Lo Felicitoooo !!!,necesito me aconseje,sobre los distintos (granajes)piedras viseladas,para decapar vidrios de capa blanda (comunes) con terminacion pulida,todo con una Sierra de mesa y guia .Visel de 1" para ventanal ,como verá ,soy nuevo en ésto y me gustan las cosas artesanales,gracias,atte. Roberto
Very good video. It really was a joy to watch.
Greetings from Faroe Islands.
@gentrysnavat The machine in the video is a first generation Steinert grinder. They currently run about $5500. We also have a 24 inch grinder from WaterJet Designs for around $3000.
@1isaacmusic The 8 inch grinder runs $375.00 and you can find it on our website. We don't currently deal with any glass paints as we try to concentrate on the cold work end of things more.
Really great work there! Just want to thank you for this really helpful video! This will help me a lot when it comes to grinding and polishing headlights! :)
@AngelaReizian The grit succession used was a 60 grit, 140 grit, 270 grit, 325 grit smoothing (brown) and LP66 with cerium for the polish.
Great video, Thanks for creating it.
We do stock an 8 inch grinder with electroplated diamond disks and smoothing pads along with 3M Electrostatic Diamond Disks and Cerium impregnated disks.
I use the marker trick all the time at work on sawcut surfaces that I grind. We use blanchards, from 11" chuck up to 96" chuck. As well as waterjet, Doall band saw, three lap tables, polisher, double sided lapper, Strausbaugh lapper and polisher. Our small plant has made every windshield for every manned space flight since the very first one.... I enjoy working with glass. Except when I break it, of course.........
Great use for the old tires!
Awesome work
Nice video!
@amartinjoe The disks are all magnetically backed so they "stick" to the metal wheel head and are easily removed for quick grit changes.
@haymarketmassacre The machine we are using in the video is an early generation of the Steinert Diamond Grinder. The newest models are available on our website. We also carry a 24 inch machine from WaterJet Design that works very similarly. Also available on the website.
Do you have these discs where can I buy them or if I buy them from you (ups) can you send them to the address by cargo?
Thanks, useful! Great demo
Love your video just subscribed thanks for sharing your skills! I’ve exhausted myself days researching videos to 😂 solve an on going glass problem without any luck! If I may dear Sir request advice 🙏 for help. I recycle bottles to create chimes after I cut, grind and careful wet sanding I still end up with dull milky looking edges. Sure looks like what your doing here would help me but how can I achieve this on a much smaller scale?
With glass, it doesn't matter how fine you go with your grinding grits, the surface will never be polished. You can move to cork and pumice for a "dirty polish" that will give some translucence to the glass, but the only way to fully polish the glass will be with cerium oxide.
Is Bob still around? Great video.
He retired about 10 years ago, but is still around making glass.
Nice work ! I have 7 small pieces of quarter in. glass I want to hand bevel for a leaded glass window I am learning to do, but I can’t find out what grit wheels to use and what RPM they should be spinning. I know it is a 4 step process. I wonder if you wouldn’t mind sharing that info with me, you obviously know what you are doing. Thank you for the quality video.
I would recommend a 140 grit, and 270 grit electroplated diamond disk, followed by a 325 grit resin diamond disk for the pre-polish and a felt pad with cerium for a final polish if needed.
What is the first diamond pads # of grit? The second was 140, the third brown polish pad, then cerium pad.
Hello sir, once again for guidance
I am making lens on small scale, when i use cerium oxide 99% for polishing, it became hard in caintainer, what i mixed in it , it remain soft?
Cerium will separate from the water when you make the slurry. YOu'll need to shake it up each time you use it to get it back into suspension.
Thanks a lot
Nice result indeed.
Sir, can you guide me about polishing material, used for the lens? what type of cerium oxide is used for good polishing?
Lenses will typically use an optic grade cerium like Cer-Optik: www.hisglassworks.com/polishing/cer-optik-cerium-oxide.html or Cerox 1663: www.hisglassworks.com/polishing/cerox-1663-cerium-oxide.html
sir, once again. if you guide me, I will be very thankful to you. I have a question regarding lens manufacturing. what is the relation between the degree of the sphere of tool and lense number?
Unfortunately I'm not sure about the answer to this. We've never done lens production here.
@@hisglassworksinc Thanks sir
Thanks, hey might you know about what grit diamond dust is use for the making of skinny waffer cheap little grinding disks with 1-8 " shank? I need some for a craft project
Unfortunately I'm not familiar with this material.
do you have a bottle edge smoothing video {crystal tuned finger safe}
one more thing , when we prepare the lens block, we use charcoal to make block(3, or 4 lens on one block), which is time consuming , there is any other marital or technique to prepare the block of lenses quickly or lens holding base.
I'm not sure what you are using the charcoal for? Can you elaborate?
@@hisglassworksinc oh my bad, it is Coal tar & Broza Gum Rosin
@@saqibhussain7217 Still not sure what you are using Coal Tar for?
@@hisglassworksinc coal Tar for making lens block.
Ok good, I used the one Frank had at Ren. glass, I'm just looking for a smaller version. What's the price for the 8" ? Also, do you stock, or are you familiar with Pebeo Vitrea glass paints ? I am going to be looking for a source for this in Asheville, hopefully in bulk quantities, but any sort of thermosetting glass paint will do.
Thanks.
I’d like to see your grinding machine in detail. Did you build it yourself? I have a farm in Estill Co. Kentucky that’s full of the Ky agate geodes. I have a bunch I want to cut and polish.
We did build one. We have plans available on our website at no cost.
maybe a future look with air just smoothing, parts cost, tips cost, hmmm? wihich is less, proabably air tools? set up looks rare, maybe home made, maybe both set ups, please let me know if a video comes out :), thank you !
We have a video showing cutting wine bottles with different saws and also grinding and polishing the lip and creating a bevel on the interior lip. Just look on our main UA-cam page and it should be the most recent video. UA-cam won't allow posting of links in comments.
That is one serious flat lap!
I am loving those tire flat laps. Did you make those? And where do you get disks that big?
We offer the grinders and the disks on our website at www.hisglassworks.com
love your improvised "splash" guard. how are your sanding discs held on to the rotating plate?
magnetic
Someone just gave me a12" flat iron lap... I have the square mounting pan from another project... in Jamaica there are a lot of great agates, which I used to cut, but am thinking of ,making a potter's wheel... Great video! (Oh, anyone interested in the agates, (good biz in the local tourist market ), I have a 24" saw and a HP 8" combo unit for sale.. also two new Crystalite Turbine Wheels.. (lost sight in left eye)..
Howdydoodiddly- you got any 6-8" lap grinders in stock ?
Where do you get you laps at?
Hello, i am making small lense of 5mm diameter, when we performing fine grinding the lense (with emberi powder), it changes the number of the lense. There is any solution to make the lense with same number? is it possible perform the prepolishing step for tiny lense with resin 325 diamond smoothing pad?
Any grinding (even with a polish step) will change the surface of the lens so you have to take all grinding steps into account when attempting to get a lens with a particular curvature.
@@hisglassworksinc Thanks Sir for the reply, we are using a diamond concave tool for curvature(grit 600 or 3000), but the problem is it leaves the scratchies on the lense , for this again I have to fine it with Powder (emberi) to remove the scratches. I achieved the same number but the problem is scratchies due to the diamond tool on the tiny lens, which appeared after polish. what kind of grit or series of grit we should use for fine grinding remove scratches without going to fine grinding with powder((emberi))?
@@saqibhussain7217 So you're moving from a 600 grit to a 3000 grit? That's too big a jump. Good rule of thumb is to not move any more than double the existing grit, so you should move from 600 to 1200 to then possibly 3000 to polish. The 3000 is not getting out the scratches from the 600 so they are showing back up on your polish stage.
@@hisglassworksinc Thank you sir
Have you tried using that device for sharpening knives?
It works really well, but knife sharpening works better on a belt sander
where can i get this machine?
That model is an older Steinert model grinder: www.hisglassworks.com/machinery/flat-grinders/large-grinders.html
The reflected light is not sharp. Can a true mirror like reflection be obtained?
You can accomplish a full polish on glass with this method, yes. Polishing with cerium is the longest step and can take as long as all the other steps combined to fully polish the glass surface.
@@hisglassworksinc looks like skill and patients are the keys.
The barrier of the turntable looks like a tyre.
trying to log onto your website but cannot pull it up. is your website down?
It's working on this end currently
Is that Glass u were grinding or a block of casted resin?
This is a glass block cast from our furnace. Soda Lime soft glass.
@@hisglassworksinc ooo ok thanks!
Do you have these discs where can I buy them or if I buy them from you (ups) can you send them to the address by cargo?
Our electroplated diamond disks are listed here: www.hisglassworks.com/grinding-tools/disks/disk-for-lap-grinders/electroplated-diamond-disks.html
We ship worldwide.
Doesn't the wheel make a mist from the water and cause the glass particles (silica?) on it to become air-borne? Doesn't the white dust on the tires get kicked up into the air as well? Im trying to understand the safety precautions of your trade.
When working on the flat wheel or the lathe the water particles do not get small enough to become a health issue. When working on a wet saw it does aerosol enough that it is recommended to wear a respirator. It is also important to clean the equipment every day or every week to keep the ground glass cleaned out so it does not become an airborne silica dust.
Where do you purchase this machine? I cannot find a set-up with this type of tire design. I used one in graduate school and trying to find one for our department but all I can find are metal walls around the wheel. Also, is this called a lapping wheel?
+Kelcy Folsom Kelcy, We have both the Steinert model and the WaterJet design model on our website.
The Steinert model is listed here: www.hisglassworks.com/shop/machinery/flat-grinders/large-grinders/steinert-grinders.html
The Waterjet design model is listed here: www.hisglassworks.com/shop/machinery/flat-grinders/large-grinders/waterjet-design-grinders.html
This is it!! Thanks so much. I used this in graduate school and it was fantastic! I really appreciate your time.
Where can I buy these discs?
Our diamond disks are listed here: www.hisglassworks.com/shop/disks/disk-for-lap-grinders.html
Hola, un gusto verlo trabajar,Lo Felicitoooo !!!,necesito me aconseje,sobre los distintos (granajes)piedras viseladas,para decapar vidrios de capa blanda (comunes) con terminacion pulida,todo con una Sierra de mesa y guia .Visel de 1" para ventanal ,como verá ,soy nuevo en ésto y me gustan las cosas artesanales,gracias,atte. Roberto
so cool
Glass rules
Como me encantaria tener una de esas!!!!
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