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Any thoughts for custom-sizing a thin glass sheet to protect an LCD screen? (self.askelectronics)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by ch00f to c/[email protected]

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So my wife cracked the screen of her Playdate console. I got a replacement memory LCD (Sharp LS027B7DH01A), but the LCD is mounted with optically clear adhesive directly to a piece of glass which is adhered around the edges to the console’s faceplate.

The glass measures 65.15x41.64mm by 0.65mm thick. Definitely not a standard size. I can’t find anywhere to buy glass so thin and so large.

My first thought was to cut a phone screen protector down to size with a glass cutter. My first attempt failed because the screen protector I bought was actually coated in plastic on both sides. Even if I got a straight cut, I couldn’t find a way to slice through the plastic layers cleanly.

Any ideas on where to find cuttable glass sheets this thin? I could try more screen protectors, but there’s no way to know if they’ll work before buying them.

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[–] Death_Equity 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Contact a manufacturer of 0.65mm thick gorilla glass in custom dimensions and ask for a sample piece to avoid the MOQ.

[–] ch00f 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I hit up a few on Alibaba. Even one who can apply the black border on the glass. No responses so far and it's been a few weeks.

[–] Death_Equity 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You want to contact the business directly, not through Alibaba or similar. You can also try trade wheel or similar.

[–] ch00f 1 points 6 months ago

Alibaba is talking directly to the manufacturer. At least in my experience. Haven’t heard of trade wheel.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Might be worth your time to email Panic and see if they can send a replacement screen if you haven't tried that yet

[–] ch00f 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I might. I already emailed them for another project asking what model screen they were using, and they refused to share that info, so I don't think they're too open to hardware hobbyists.

The other project was adding a light. There is a vendor that offers a front-light for that model, but it's like $60 and the result is too thick to fit in the stock Playdate.