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Old 09-15-2014, 07:06 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Those pieces of (probably tempered) glass aren't doing you any favors. Get a piece of acrylic and cut it on the diagonal.

Once you settle on the overall form, the final Cd figure will depend on the details — i.e., the radius of the edge. A hard edge is worst. The rule of engineer's thumb is radius equals 4% of overall width, or less than 4" minimum.

The sheet acrylic can be cold rolled (I'm pretty sure) so roll the hypotenuse and leave a flat triangular tab to fit in the lower front corner. Then rely on fiberglass to fill in the gaps.

I'd have to Google for a supplier, here:

https://www.google.com/search?q=fiberglass+sheet++stock

It looks like it's called fiberplate.
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