Trying To Find 10" Glass Circle With 1/2" Hole

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We have this pendant lamp with a bunch of metal rings resting on a 10" frosted-glass circle held onto the pendant rod with a screw-in cap that screws into the rod through a half-inch hole in the glass disc. Well, we did until the aforementioned disk fell and broke while I was attempting to remove it for cleaning.

(This is why I hate fru-fru non-standard fixtures, and favor utilitarianism and practicality. MrsSteveMB keeps harping on about alien concepts called “esthetics” and “decor” and whatnot.)

You’d think it would be easy to find something as simple as a ten-inch circle of frosted glass with a half-inch hole in the middle. Well, apparently it is simple to find lamp shades in all sorts of other shapes – domes, cones, hyperboloids, Klein bottles, etc – but not this one. Does anybody know a good place to find what should be a five-dollar replacement part that nobody seems to stock, at least not under any intuitive name?

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Just have a glass shop cut and drill you one.
I had several made for lamps I sandblasted, and the local glass guys made them very cheaply.

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I second the glass shop idea, but I doubt you’ll get it for $5 or so. I had a piece of glass cut for a glass-top table that we got in a yard sale. It had space for 2 square pieces, but one was missing. I think it cost me about $20 to have a piece cut to fit. Still a bargain, as the rest of the table looked very nice.

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Can those glass places do custom work, like giving the glass some texture or etching fancy designs into it?

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Some can, and if they can’t do it themselves, they usually know another place that can.

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I’d check Ebay, or second-hand/Salvation Army-type shops to just find an old one to re-use.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Glass-Shade-10-inch-Diameter-4-inch-high-Clear-Frosted-Star-Pattern-/190680642032?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c6573b1f0

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ELEGANT-10-inch-ART-DECO-Design-FROSTED-GLASS-SHADE-LAMP-CHANDELIER-REPAIR-/310386319335?pt=US_Lamp_Shades&hash=item4844775fe7

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Thanks for the tips. MrsSteveMB is waiting to hear from the manufacturer about finding a spare part replacement; if that doesn’t pan out, I’ll look up some glass shops.