Machine rolled BE

Liam · Post by **Liam** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 12:16 am

So who's making machine rolled BE compatable clear now. Spectrum stopped making it didn't they?

Liam

Jackie Beckman · Post by **Jackie Beckman** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 1:25 am

Bullseye is making their own - and way big sheets if you want, and also in 3mm, 4mm or 6mm. I think there is info on their site. If not, I just posted about it in one of the forums a few days ago. Hmmm . . . but which one?

Jackie Beckman · Post by **Jackie Beckman** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 1:28 am

Here you go Liam:

http://www.bullseyeconnection.com/stock ... tekta.html

Doug Randall · Post by **Doug Randall** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 1:38 am

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

Liam · Post by **Liam** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 12:31 pm

It's interesting that they make both 3 and 4 mil. I wonder why. Spectum's was 3 mil if I remember right.

Liam

Carla Fox · Post by **Carla Fox** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 11:14 pm

I was using Uro clear with the BE. It fused with ugly misshappen bubbles. A BE friend thought it might be because it was so flat the air had no channel's to escape.

I'm back to using BE clear. It works.

Carla

Amy on Salt Spring · Post by **Amy on Salt Spring** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 11:45 pm

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

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?
-Amy

dee · Post by **dee** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 12:10 am

Amy on Salt Spring wrote:
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
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?
-Amy

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....
D

Jackie Beckman · Post by **Jackie Beckman** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 12:35 am

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....
D

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?

Doug Randall · Post by **Doug Randall** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 12:50 am

What I meant by being flat is that the Tekta is much flatter then the usual BE 1101-30 clear.

Amy on Salt Spring · Post by **Amy on Salt Spring** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 3:18 am

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 availableÂ by the sheet for will call customers." ??
Amy

Jackie Beckman · Post by **Jackie Beckman** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 8:03 am

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 availableÂ by the sheet for will call customers." ??
Amy

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.

Jackie

Amy on Salt Spring · Post by **Amy on Salt Spring** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 2:38 pm

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".
-A

Lori Love · Post by **Lori Love** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 7:42 pm

I emailed Bullseye to ask whether Tekta was machine rolled and was told that it was NOT

Jackie Beckman · Post by **Jackie Beckman** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 7:51 pm

Lori Love wrote:I emailed Bullseye to ask whether Tekta was machine rolled and was told that it was NOT

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 · Post by **Lori Love** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 8:01 pm

I was unclear, even after reading the announcement - so that's why I emailed.

dee · Post by **dee** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 10:11 pm

Jackie Beckman wrote:
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....
D
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?

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....
D

Jackie Beckman · Post by **Jackie Beckman** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 1:21 am

sorry jackie - didn't mean to confuse you -

Don't worry Dee, it's easy to do!

dee · Post by **dee** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 9:38 am

Jackie Beckman wrote:
sorry jackie - didn't mean to confuse you -
Don't worry Dee, it's easy to do!

lolol and some days i'm quite good at it ;P
D

Marc Demian · Post by **Marc Demian** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 7:28 pm

I always use URO machine rolled clear. It is very flat, no bubbles, and almost as flawless as window glass. Marc