Hot Rods SW Gauge Glass Repair

I am not saying this is a proper repair but have done it a few times to paint a needle or repair a glass or bezel. picked this gauge up over the weekend at a flea market. thought it had moister in it . got home & realized it was a film on the glass.I think this guage is a little cool & unusual so I wanted to repair it

 

That's pretty cool! I had a complete set off SWs that looked pretty good 'till I turned the lights on..couldn't see the faces. I swap meeted them and bought new. I may have acted in haste. That fuel pressure gauge looks great.

 

Nifty. I enjoy trying to fix old stuff that would normally be turfed. Nice job.

 

A lot of gauges I've repaired by using a glass circle cutter like this. I use rubber shelf liner on it so it's non slip and a drop of oil on cutter.

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that's a nice piece I have robbed glass from air pressure gauges or such. new glass would be nice

 

Water jet cutters work great on glass if you really have an odd size.

 

i'm curious.....OUT would obviously be zero, but i wonder what psi NORMAL is on that gauge?

 

I have two glass circle cutters, the easy cut is best and precision for about 1/2" to 5", but I checked and they're about $60. Maybe less if you research Amazon, eBay, etc.
The suction cup compass goes from about 3" to 12 (more if you fabricate a longer arm). Those are inexpensive, but not easy to work.
My neighbor is in the glass business, I learned a lot from him. It takes practice but not hard to do.

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I've made a lot of glass circles for old flashlights and gauges.
Here are two, my neighbor borrowed them and got methanol on the plastic so they were frosted so bad you couldn't see through. Glass is much better.

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