Hi Alan, You could try and find a piece of Pyrex glass, that glass will take the heat. Or, go with a cage of 4 stainless rods around the glass, launch engine style. The American style metal encased Duplex style water gauges are also very tough, and very easy to read also. Cheers Jeff Dayman ----- Original Message ----- From: "alan Stepney" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 7:20 AM Subject: [modeleng] Guage glass protectors > If you were making a gauge glass protector, what material would you use? > > The old idea was to split a thin piece off some mica, as it was heatproof, > and easily available in the days when most stoves used it for their windows. > I doubt that it is available now, or if so, not easy to find. > > What are the alternatives? > > Alan Stepney > > http://www.alanstepney.info > Model Engineering & steam engine information pages > > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line. > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.