Jim,
I use clear packing tape. One roll lasts years and it holds up pretty good
using crushed glass.
Dave Camp
----- Original Message -----
From "Frank Clarici" <spritenut at Exit109.com>
To: "James Kleemeyer" <jkk@adams.net>
Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 9:49 PM
Subject: Re: Bead Blaster
> James Kleemeyer wrote:
> >
> > Anybody in the "We Cheap Club" know of anything to use for a lens
protector
> > in a glass bead cabinet besides those $3 a piece plastic ones you can't
see
> > through after a half hour? There's gotta be something out there, I just
> > can't think of what it would be. BTW, built my own 4' long cabinet, got
> > about $300 in the whole thing, works just as good as my little brother's
> > $1200 one except I can get a motorcycle frame in mine.
> > Jim K.
>
> Jim
>
> I have "been there done that" with those stupid plastic stick on sheets
> too.
> I gave up years ago and bought a piece of tempered glass. I am on my 3rd
> year and it still is fairly clear. (just don't aim the gun at it) I
> choose tempered glass because I do knock the part into the glass on
> occasion. I have yet to break the glass. The glass takes much more abuse
> then those plastic things do and windex cleans it quite well. My local
> glass shop charged me 15 or 18 bucks for the glass. That's only 5 or 6
> of those sheets. He suggested double strength glass but I still opted
> for tempered just incase I break it it would turn to a million diamonds
> instead of 3 or 4 jagged pieces of glass that could cut the gloves or my
> hands.
> --
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
> The bug in the rice bowl
> http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut
>
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