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Aluminum
- Joined
- Jan 23, 2016
- Location
- Wilmington / Long Beach
I was slotting a small block of acetal with a 1/4 extra long carbide end mill. Part slid in the vise a little, then grabbed the end mill and kicked the part out of the vise. Not a big deal to lose 5 dollars of plastic and a 12 dollar end mill, but those tiny chunks of carbide from the 1/4 end mill were apparently enough to fracture the safety glass on the inside of BOTH door windows. The outside is fine, I think it's polycarbonate so there is no risk of shattering.
Still, I want to replace the windows so I can see again.
The machine is a Doosan DNM 5700, my problem is that I can't figure out how to get the old window out and a new one in. It seems they are bonded together along the perimeter but there is a 1mm or so air gap between the sheets. Does anyone have experience with windows like these? I already took off the steel retaining cover, I thought the glass would be easy to pull off but it looks glued around the edge. Older machines I have used before either had no enclosure or had a more simple polycarb sheet in a frame design, none of this super fragile, hard to replace stuff.
Still, I want to replace the windows so I can see again.
The machine is a Doosan DNM 5700, my problem is that I can't figure out how to get the old window out and a new one in. It seems they are bonded together along the perimeter but there is a 1mm or so air gap between the sheets. Does anyone have experience with windows like these? I already took off the steel retaining cover, I thought the glass would be easy to pull off but it looks glued around the edge. Older machines I have used before either had no enclosure or had a more simple polycarb sheet in a frame design, none of this super fragile, hard to replace stuff.