Glass sanding

[jack duren]

I've got a lot of patience when it comes to looking for a deal. Anyway after many moons of searching for a deal on a 48" piece of glass for my poker table I found one. Guy had two pieces of 48" round 3/8 thick glass for $70. Bought one for the existing table and one for another build.

Got home checked measurements and there both 48 1/8. Can glas be sanded on edge with a belt sander?....

[Myk Rian]

Yes. You can also use sharpening stones if you wanted. Practically anything but a file. Wear a mask. That's the last thing you want to breathe in.

[Tom Majewski]

Takes me hours to bevel an edge with a wetstone.

I think it would be easier to modify the table instead of the glass.

[Bruce Wrenn]

Silicon carbide paper is the weapon of choice.

[Lee Schierer]

Be careful with a power sander. If you get the glass too hot, it may crack. DAMHIKT...

[Keith Christopher]

Also most people who sand glass wet sand to avoid dust getting in the air. If done 'willy nilly' it can be a SERIOUS problem more so than ruining the glass. See if a local glass shop can trim it for you.

[Jamie Buxton]

I'd sure look at modifying the table to accept the larger glass. Wood is a much easier material to machine, and I already have a shop full of tools to do it.

[Ryan Baker]

Be sure to leave some gap there too. If you fit the glass tight to the wood, you will be breaking something.

[jack duren]

Reworking the table is possible, but I dont know if I care to.... http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg229/rebelwork/Poker%20%20Table%20Round/DSC03365.jpg

[Chad Harrison]

Reworking the table is possible, but I dont know if I care to.... http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg229/rebelwork/Poker%20%20Table%20Round/DSC03365.jpg

I have absolutely no advice on the glass, but that's a darn fine looking table! Your own design or a commercially available plan?

[Bill W. White]

Been doing glass for past 20 years and sanding off 1/16th of a inch would be no problem. We use a rotary type sander with 100 grit just keep moving so not to over heat glass, It will take some time I would guess maybe a hour or so, If you want edge to look shinny then work up like we do with wood and maybe go to 600 and wet sand. You can also put a little lacquer on edge when you are finished to make it less opaque. I'm assuming the glass isn't tempered, if it is it is a whole different ball game....Hope this helps good luck Bill W. Wear a mask I don't but should

[Jamie Buxton]

Reworking the table is possible, but I dont know if I care to....

The glass doesn't go down in the bottom of that photo, does it? Rather it sits on that rim whose edge looks to be about a 1/4" tall? If so, I think it would be pretty easy to make that rim wider. I'd use an edge-guided router. The router base would sit on the plane where all that checker-boarding is. The edge-guide itself would be custom. It would guide off the curve below the rim, and would need to accomodate the curve. It'd take me about an hour to build the edge-guide, and three minutes to make the cut. That's way better than grinding glass!

[Myk Rian]

You could also use an edge guide that hugs the outer edge of the table.

[jack duren]

Chad the design is my own...

The glass sits on a rabbit(black) under the the removeable ring in the first picture..http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg229/rebelwork/Poker%20%20Table%20Round/DSC03364.jpg

[Jim Kountz]

Could try a rabbiting bit with the proper sized bearing.

[Jamie Buxton]

Could try a rabbiting bit with the proper sized bearing.

Even better.