Technical How To Make New Curved Glass for That Old Gauge or Clock

Very cool idea. I always learn something new here. Thanks

 

very nice!

 

A minor update:

After looking at the "Anti-glare" lens for a day or two I was bothered that it didn't have the same sheen as the gauge cluster lenses. The hardware stores locally didn't have and thin material without the anti-glare, but I found a local guy who makes plastic displays & signs and he had some acrylic for me.

The acrylic is slightly thicker (at 1/16") than the styrene, but was actually easier to work with. The guy I got it from also told me you can leave the protective plastic film on throughout the heat forming & final t*******, and that also makes the process easier. I say put out the effort to find clear acrylic.

It is hard to get a good picture of the matching glare, but it looks just right in real life. Now if anybody knows how to clean up the face of the radio without wrecking it...

 

here is my mopar shape tail light lens covers I made - same method wood buck and plexi - ja**

 

4woody,

Have you tried alcohol free baby wipes? I use babyganics and they're really gentle on gauges and paints.

 

Nice job !

 

I hadn't heard of using baby wipes. I have some extra gauges I can experiment on.

 

Thanks. Nice write up and great looking dash.

 

Didn't see this the first time around. Very cool.

 

I fixed my clock on my 36 chevy. I left the lens flat because my other gauges had flat lenses. I cut that plastic with my tin snips then filed it to fit. A little time consuming but it worked very good

 

nice work.

 

back in the 90's we used offset reprographics to copy gauge faces on my 36 plymouth but you could most likely use a computer and digital printer.