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Buying glass for woodworking projects

Postby 9fingers » 15 Apr 2016, 11:55

I'm currently asking for quotes for 6mm bevelled glass for my bookcases and getting horrendous responses

eg 10 pieces in two sizes

6mm toughened glass
No toughening markings
Polished edges
20mm bevel on all 4 edges (of one face)
2 no 1035mm x 335mm
8 no 1035 x 235mm

£630 plus vat ! :shock: :shock: :shock:

Anyone done anything similar I can compare with please

TIA

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Re: Buying glass for woodworking projects

Postby Stargazer » 15 Apr 2016, 12:40

Nearest thing I have bought, 12 off 465mm*45mm glass shelves, 6mm thick sharp edges removed and edge polished and toughened. Approx £20 each so £240 the lot.
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Re: Buying glass for woodworking projects

Postby 9fingers » 15 Apr 2016, 12:59

Stargazer wrote:Nearest thing I have bought, 12 off 465mm*45mm glass shelves, 6mm thick sharp edges removed and edge polished and toughened. Approx £20 each so £240 the lot.



Thanks - that strikes quite dear too.

Maybe I'm being tight! :lol:

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Re: Buying glass for woodworking projects

Postby Robert » 15 Apr 2016, 14:12

I searched for toughened bevelled glass and found this -

http://www.mirrorsandglass.co.uk/shop/m ... ut-to-size

6mm toughened 1035 x 335 with 20mm bevel £53.47 delivered for 1 off.

Might be worth asking for a overall quote.
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Re: Buying glass for woodworking projects

Postby 9fingers » 15 Apr 2016, 14:55

Robert wrote:I searched for toughened bevelled glass and found this -

http://www.mirrorsandglass.co.uk/shop/m ... ut-to-size

6mm toughened 1035 x 335 with 20mm bevel £53.47 delivered for 1 off.

Might be worth asking for a overall quote.



Thanks Robert, they are much cheaper and free delivery too.
I must admit I'd not considered a long distance purchase thinking that delivery would be ruled out or be prohibitively expensive. Hence I'd gone via yellow pages to places I could collect from.

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Re: Buying glass for woodworking projects

Postby 9fingers » 18 Apr 2016, 21:30

We all know that a bit of shopping around can help get better prices for materials but my search for glass prices has been a real eye opener.

Firstly I'm surprised that there have been companies who have not bothered to reply - do they really have too much business?

Secondly the range of prices has been huge from those who have responded.

Highest price £632 plus vat
Lowest price so far £207 plus vat That is over 3:1 ratio - incredible.

The max price is from a local firm who would want me to collect (no problem as it happens)
The cheapest is a firm in Glasgow whose price includes £17 for carriage of about 40kg of glass.

There is a moral here somewhere....

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Re: Buying glass for woodworking projects

Postby Doug » 18 Apr 2016, 21:52

Could you use laminate glass instead of toughened Bob I always find it cheaper.
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Re: Buying glass for woodworking projects

Postby 9fingers » 18 Apr 2016, 22:00

Doug wrote:Could you use laminate glass instead of toughened Bob I always find it cheaper.



When I got the first (high) quote I asked about just using plain untreated glass and it knocked about 5% off.

Also I wonder if there is an issue with bevelling laminated glass?

To be honest I'm quite happy with the £207.

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Re: Buying glass for woodworking projects

Postby Wizard9999 » 19 Apr 2016, 23:13

Given the initial quote that sounds like a result Bob. For future reference who was the Glasgow supplier with the keen pricing?

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Re: Buying glass for woodworking projects

Postby 9fingers » 20 Apr 2016, 08:21

The suppliers are Forsyth Glazing in Glasgow
http://www.forsythglazing.co.uk/
A short video here

https:\\www.youtube.com\watch?v=UReHnO3kFKE

The only slight downside is that they deliver down to the deep south about once every four weeks and so my order won't be here until mid-late May but that is not a problem for this project and on the next one I can allow for that anyway.
I like the idea of using their own transport as the glass can be checked in front of one of their staff rather than having to sign off as unchecked with a courier and than argue about any damage later.

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Re: Buying glass for woodworking projects

Postby Wizard9999 » 20 Apr 2016, 08:26

9fingers wrote:The suppliers are Forsyth Glazing in Glasgow
http://www.forsythglazing.co.uk/
A short video here

https:\\www.youtube.com\watch?v=UReHnO3kFKE

The only slight downside is that they deliver down to the deep south about once every four weeks and so my order won't be here until mid-late May but that is not a problem for this project and on the next one I can allow for that anyway.
I like the idea of using their own transport as the glass can be checked in front of one of their staff rather than having to sign off as unchecked with a courier and than argue about any damage later.

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Thanks Bob, delivery schedule not ideal but as you say can be planned for and benefit of them not using a third party probably outweigh the downside of having to wait.

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Re: Buying glass for woodworking projects

Postby 9fingers » 30 May 2016, 20:52

The man from Forsyth Glazing turned up last week on the day advised to deliver my glass.
Nice chap, not in a tearing hurry. I made him a brew whilst I checked over the glass. All the bevels and polished edges were perfect and spot on to size. The glass was perfectly clean - no sign of slurry from the grinding process etc. A plastic film on one side enables the pieces to be stacked on edge in the van.

I am very very pleased with the service and they will get more business from me. So £180 for the glass, £17.50 to deliver from Glasgow plus vat for the tax man.
How can the local firm quote over £800, no delivery plus vat - sheer greed it seems!

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Re: Buying glass for woodworking projects

Postby Stargazer » 30 May 2016, 21:16

Thanks for the update Bob, it looks like I am going to be doing another display cabinet so I will see if they are cheaper than my local firm for the glass shelves.
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Re: Buying glass for woodworking projects

Postby kirkpoore1 » 31 May 2016, 01:43

9fingers wrote:How can the local firm quote over £800, no delivery plus vat - sheer greed it seems!

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They don't want your business. Really. They don't want retail customers--they want to sell to other businesses (repairmen, window or furniture makers, etc).

I'm glad you're moving forward with those book cases, Bob--they're kind of all over the place.:)

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Re: Buying glass for woodworking projects

Postby 9fingers » 31 May 2016, 09:19

kirkpoore1 wrote:
9fingers wrote:How can the local firm quote over £800, no delivery plus vat - sheer greed it seems!

Bob


They don't want your business. Really. They don't want retail customers--they want to sell to other businesses (repairmen, window or furniture makers, etc).



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Generally I'd agree Kirk but that high quote came via a friend who runs a doors and window making business and so was a "trade" opportunity.
As a result of my experience, they are now looking at other suppliers.


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