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Default Portlights from G10?

On Dec 30, 10:59*am, Frogwatch wrote:
On Dec 30, 10:10*am, max camirand wrote:

On Dec 30, 12:29*am, Frogwatch wrote:


A previous thread mentioned Bronze portlights (absurdly heavy) and
also plastic ones (maybe not strong enough) but the glass/plastic
composite G10 is certainly strong enough. *Might be interesting to try.


Is anyone currently manufacturing them?


-m


G10 is not as hard as Bronze but neither is the plastic normally used
for portlight frames. *UV could be a problem but there must be UV
inhibitors in the other plastics too.
G10 is hard on tools but easy to work with. *I have used it as backing
plates on several of my homemade boats.


Max: Send a drawing and I'll look into what it would cost for
materials. I'd do it just as an experiment for free other than cost
of materials.
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