Machine rolled BE
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Machine rolled BE
So who's making machine rolled BE compatable clear now. Spectrum stopped making it didn't they?
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But the pictures show a texture--is that misleading? I used the clear that Spectrum made for BE for a while and it was flat like window glass. Is Tekta that flat?Doug Randall wrote:Having used the 90coe Spectrum (made for BE) and the Wissmach (also made for BE) and having recently sampled the new Tekta glass made in-house at the BE factory...I can say this product seems to be the best of the lot. Really clear, flat and fuses up excellently. .....Doug
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i also noticed that texture in the pics today when i checked out the link to tekta and have a few sheets of the machine rolled in the studio and yes, they are perfectly wonderfully flat....Amy on Salt Spring wrote:But the pictures show a texture--is that misleading? I used the clear that Spectrum made for BE for a while and it was flat like window glass. Is Tekta that flat?Doug Randall wrote:Having used the 90coe Spectrum (made for BE) and the Wissmach (also made for BE) and having recently sampled the new Tekta glass made in-house at the BE factory...I can say this product seems to be the best of the lot. Really clear, flat and fuses up excellently. .....Doug
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What you have, Dee, is the new Tekta? Are you sure it's not some of the Bullseye machine rolled previously made by one of the other companys for Bullseye?i also noticed that texture in the pics today when i checked out the link to tekta and have a few sheets of the machine rolled in the studio and yes, they are perfectly wonderfully flat....
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Well, I think that's always the way it's been with any machine rolled clear purchased directly from Bullseye. It's only available by the case if you buy from them. If you buy your glass from a BE distributor, then the distributor buys the case and you buy single sheets from them. I'm guessing a "will call" customer phones in their order and picks it up - at least that's what it means with my other suppliers (CLR, Lincoln, Capital Metals, etc.) So, apparently, if you are a will call customer, there may be sheets available on occasion in certain sizes. In other words, they only ship full cases of it, like the previous machine rolled clears. I'm sure this is because it's not the same size as their normal glass. Naturally, the non machine rolled clear can be shipped mixed in with your regular orders of sheet because it's the same size.Amy on Salt Spring wrote:Okay now that instead of just staring at the pictures I bothered to read the text What exactly does this mean "Tekta is shipped only in closed cases. Certain sizes are available by the sheet for will call customers." ??
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Duh! Jackie thanks for talking to me in small syllables. I guess I was thrown by the "closed case" which I had never heard before but it makes sense that that just means nothing else in it. Kind of a pain that you have to buy it that way though. Hope there is a WG@BE 3 so I can have a reason to drive down there and be a "will call".
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Oh - sorry. But it is flatter and single sheets can't be shipped like the machine rolled, and four trimmed edges. Guess I just thought that because the email announcement I got said they built a new production line and expanded the factory for it. My mistake for not reading my notice more closely.Lori Love wrote:I emailed Bullseye to ask whether Tekta was machine rolled and was told that it was NOT
sorry jackie - didn't mean to confuse you - i have the older machine rolled perfectly wonderfully flat be, hadn't heard of the new tekta till i read this thread and that does look textured in the photos....Jackie Beckman wrote:What you have, Dee, is the new Tekta? Are you sure it's not some of the Bullseye machine rolled previously made by one of the other companys for Bullseye?i also noticed that texture in the pics today when i checked out the link to tekta and have a few sheets of the machine rolled in the studio and yes, they are perfectly wonderfully flat....
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I always use URO machine rolled clear. It is very flat, no bubbles, and almost as flawless as window glass. Marc