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PostPosted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 5:13 am    Post subject: Windows Reply with quote
This is the response I received from my inquiry to Aircraft Windshield Co.

Hello Alfred,

Thank you for your inquiry.  We would love to help you with your project.  
KIS Cruiser TR-4 pilot side door window clear .125  $340.00 each


Please allow two weeks to manufacture.  Most TR-4's were made in a light gray tint.  Please check your original window against a white paper.  The paper will allow the tint to show.


We look forward to working with you.  
Happy Flying,

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 11:52 am    Post subject: Windows Reply with quote
Ouch! At least they are still available....


On Apr 19, 2013, at 6:12 AM, ALFRED ROSA <fredorosa(at)gmail.com (fredorosa(at)gmail.com)> wrote:

[quote]This is the response I received from my inquiry to Aircraft Windshield Co.

Hello Alfred,

Thank you for your inquiry. We would love to help you with your project.
KIS Cruiser TR-4 pilot side door window clear .125 $340.00 each


Please allow two weeks to manufacture. Most TR-4's were made in a light gray tint. Please check your original window against a white paper. The paper will allow the tint to show.


We look forward to working with you.
Happy Flying,

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 11:46 am    Post subject: Re: Windows Reply with quote
Hello Al,
At least that is a better price than the general prices Ruth gave me a while back. If you decide to make your own replacement you need a male mold (pulled from the inside of the window). The window may be too big for your wife's oven, you might be able to fashion something on the ol' gas barbeque grill (I'd be happy to send you some used .008 aluminum printing plates (free of charge) you could pop rivet or sheet metal screw to a Home Depot angle iron frame). Heat the plastic first then put it on the mold in the oven or your mold might melt if it gets to hot (you might want to consider plaster of paris to support the mold in the oven). If you start with a slightly heavier piece of acrylic you could resurface the window like the pros do with finer and finer grades of wet or dry sand paper. Polishes to finish to a high luster are available from any aircraft supply place (every aircraft owner has this stuff). To check for imperfections in the optics, string yarn on a frame in a grid pattern two or three layers deep (to check the perspective or depth perception) and look through the window to check for distortions. I learned the hard way you can't leave any rough edges on the window after trimming, the edges need to be pretty smooth too, it always seems to crack when left rough.
Good Luck, Mark T.

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 1:44 pm    Post subject: Windows Reply with quote
Thanks Mark for the advice.  I started making a male mold with layups of fiberglass on the concave side.  This will be reinforced with 1 inch  plaster of paris.  I'll be making the oven out of medium density fiberboard (MFD)  as the size  needed is greater than your kitchen oven.  The 300 degree temp will be produced by a number of halogen bulbs.  An
oven thermometer and a small window in the oven will finish it off.  I'm taking step by step pictures of the process to be 
posted on Bob's web site.  If things go as planned, I can supply door windows for about 100 bucks delivered to anyone wanting them.
Al

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Hello Al,
At least that is a better price than the general prices Ruth gave me a while back. If you decide to make your own replacement you need a male mold (pulled from the inside of the window). The window may be too big for your wife's oven, you might be able to fashion something on the ol' gas barbeque grill (I'd be happy to send you some used .008 aluminum printing plates (free of charge) you could pop rivet or sheet metal screw to a Home Depot angle iron frame). Heat the plastic first then put it on the mold in the oven or your mold might melt if it gets to hot (you might want to consider plaster of paris to support the mold in the oven). If you start with a slightly heavier piece of acrylic you could resurface the window like the pros do with finer and finer grades of wet or dry sand paper. Polishes to finish to a high luster are available from any aircraft supply place (every aircraft owner has this stuff). To check for imperfections in the optics, string yarn on a frame in a !
 grid pattern two or three layers deep (to check the perspective or depth perception) and look through the window to check for distortions. I learned the hard way you can't leave any rough edges on the window after trimming, the edges need to be pretty smooth too, it always seems to crack when left rough.
Good Luck, Mark T.




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