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11-16-2011, 08:55 AM
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As they say a picture is worth a thousand words...When you were talking M&T I just could not make the connection. I was so use to looking at the Thompson windshield that I could not understand the glass channel. Now I see what you were talking about.
The Thompson laid in the glass more like a picture frame there would be advantages to both installations...hopefully we can discuss in a few weeks.
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11-16-2011, 01:07 PM
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The frame with the glazing groove is strong enough, but presents some logistical issues with sequence of assembly and installation. For instance, If one fixed pane breaks sometime down the road, can you disassemble the frame enough to replace the glass without taking the whole frame apart or removing it from the boat? I was hoping to conceal most of the fasteners, but that may be problematic. Virtually all of the glass panels taper towards the top. The front panels are trapezoids, the side panels are triangular. So how do you replace a broken pane without taking at least one side frame off. But the side frame is attached to the side frame of the adjoining pane, so the process dominoes. It might be possible to sequence installation to solve that initially, but I want to be able to make repairs without starting from scratch. Still have to solve that before I'm ready to move ahead with this design. Dave
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11-17-2011, 08:31 AM
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Maybe we are over thinking this whole thing...I have owned a boat basically since 1975 most of them had a 4 or 5 panel windshield and I never had to replace a pane.
 My problems lay in not the construction as much as how do I handle the curving of the dash (were I plan on placing the frame). Plus the center panel is rectangular and the port and stbd. panes are trapezoid.  Right now I wish I was in Maine hunting down some of those Master Craftsmen, that have been doing this for the last hundred or so years... 
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11-17-2011, 08:32 PM
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Guilty as charged. I over think EVERYTHING!
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