Howdy everyone. I may have found a supplier for borosilicate glass, custom cut, to replace VoxelFactory (or until VF is able to start providing the service again).
At any rate, they do have $50 minimum order. Here’s their email response:
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As we discussed, we do have a $50.00 minimum order requirement, I am pleased to quote your request as follows:
Clear Borosilicate Glass, Edges Cut & Swiped (by hand)…not a machined edge.
3.3mm thick X 345mm Wide X 360mm Long [*we will convert to inches as close as we can]
@Mike_Kelly_Mike_Make Thanks Mike! Glad we’ve got someone here that’s already had some experience with them. Yeah, Steve was super nice and helpful on the phone.
@Seth_Messer would you mind changing the BOM, looks like a good choice to me. But also we should mention in the BOM that window glass is a good option for those with a lower budget. It has served me well, but man those edges can be sharp. I took them down slightly with very fine emery cloth followed by crocus cloth.
@Dat_Chu before I heard back from these guys at CGI, I had my local glass company cut me some glass to spec. i did 3/16" though… to try and keep it close to the borosilicate thickness from the BOM.
If you do a group buy the price drops pretty quick as seen in his original quote.
Borosilicate is probably excessive but when dealing with 100+C glass it’s better to error on the side of strength in case something cold ever touches it by accident.
I placed the order for my Eustathios glass through Steve at Cincinnati Gasket. It’s much cheaper buying more than 1 piece sort of like a BOGO. I bought two pieces since I always like to have a spare handy especially for a custom size like this. $29.55 each. Shipping will be added on which was estimated to be $20-$25.