Fair price to cut a curved laminated windshield

I'm not certain what you're talking about here.
one real problem is windshields are quite often a different shape in the middle that at the top. places where the gl*** doesn't match the pinch weld causes stress that will break the new windshield. I cut the pinch weld out in those places and use ureathane to get a seal in those areas.
is that what your doing??
Or are you going with a flush set and doing away with the gasket and trim?

 

Yes Flush set with urethane and a reveal molding similar to the newer cars. the old rubber seal broke the gl*** because the cab roof was quartered and lowered 3" by one or two experts before i got involved. the gl*** should have been cut first. The new gl*** that i will cut is taller in order to use urethane.

 

If you had ever been to Rick's shop, or met him in the real world. You would feel really silly giving him a hard time.
He has skills, and is just talking openly and honestly a****st "friends" on here.
And getting bashed by people that just have no idea.

Please don't drive away a nice gracious guy that has more experience and skills in the tip of his pinky then most people have had in a lifetime.

 

Rookie, where in Pa are you located? Do you have a shop or do you do it as a side business?


Fryguy

 

This guy better have a big boat for all these fish!!!

 

I would pay $500 any day for a cut curved windshield

 

Greensburg,Pa. Presently I'm working on my tooling. I need to build a better mouse trap for edging gl*** before i venture out into the real world. I had a faint dream of offering a rental tool kit but in the last year I've seen very little interest on the web about chopping windshields.

 

It seems odd to post a message stating that someone has a good way of doing something, and then refusing to say anything more about it on the grounds it is 'too dangerous'.

That comes off as arrogant and condescending.

On the HAMB, we see threads about all manner of things. Welding, fabricating, cutting, stamping, pressing, rolling and just about anything else that ends in 'ing'. All of it can be hazardous. This is not a safety forum, nor a venue for anyone to brag about 'secret knowledge'.

If that is the mindset, then perhaps the original message should not have been posted in the first place. If, on the other hand, the OP truly wants to inform all of us about a novel technique, then do so.

 

Does anyone know of any good Gl*** cutters shops in Riverside, California or anything near by? I need my front windshield cut it's new and for a 53 Plymouth Coupe it's curved also

 

I have had real good success grinding them down with a gl*** grinder, one windshield, one box of [10] 80 grit belts, and one full day labour. I've been ridiculed but when my buddies are stuck they ask me.I'm not drumming up business but telling you, Yes you can do this too.

 

I know it's a 'zombie post' as in up from the dead, but on the main topic I was told by an old timer that the trick to success is getting the scores on each side as dead on top of each other as humanly possible. The curve magnifies in one portion of the gl*** and also shrinks in another. Where you 'think' you are might be off by nearly an 1/8 on the opposite side. It made sense the way he described it and I'll openly say I'm not a glazier.

 

Wow, I thought I would go through all three pages of this nonsense before someone figured that out. All due respect sir, but with logic like that, you should probably stay the hell out of this thread!

 

I just read this too,it got me thinking about the water blasters,the ones where they mix the sand with water and blast with a pressure washer,would work if you used tape to cover the gl*** and had a good hard line to follow?,they use this stuff to cut the letters in headstones,they use a sticky tape like you use to hold on car moldings.Would be messy but might work,thought I seen a nozzle on the net someplace,wasnt much money either. Harvey

 

There are several videos on YouTube showing how to cut a windshield with a router. After reviewing them I decided to try a die grinder with an abrasive wheel and water as a lubricant and coolant.

Since I had never tried to cut a windshield before I got an old cracked one (free!) from the local windshield place and practiced cutting it up.

I was able to cut my windshield on the first try in about an hour. The process isn't magic or particularly difficult; just go slow and pay attention. Here are a couple of links showing how I cut the gl***.

http://coloradomelons.com/2010/08/07/cutting-cl***/

http://coloradomelons.com/2010/11/21/fitting-in/

Since the truck is not ready for the final gl*** instillation I stored the gl*** in a “safe” place. When stumbling around looking for something else I managed to kick the windshield square in the middle. I guess that it will make a nice template for the next one.