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Plastic or glass
ed12:
call me anal
but i just finished a ms-pacman rebuild
and i tried plexi on it
it looked like crap
the owner said go back to glass
$50.00 is not so bad
take it for what it's worth
ed
muchuckwagon:
A few people referenced the cost of glass. I pay $10 for my tinted glass cut down to the standard bezel size of 23x22(?) inches and $50 if I want it cut for a cocktail. I'd much rather have glass versus plexiglass on my cocktail and for uprights, $10 is cheap in my book.
The key is to call around to a few local glass shops. I had a few people quote me some insane prices but smaller operations will be very happy to help you out.
Dervacumen:
--- Quote from: Donkbaca on February 06, 2012, 03:10:33 pm ---Get smoked plexi from tap plastics. Its cheaper, lighter, and in the event something happens that would cause it to break, you don't have a dangerous situation on your hands.
I wouldn't worry about scratches, there aren't many situations where it would be subject to getting scratched, plus you can buff out light scratches with novus.
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I used smoked plexi from TAP on both of my cabinets, and the first one got scratched within the first 6 months, but that was due to a 4 year old doing what 4 year olds do. I never tried to remove the scratches because they don't really bother me. The second cabinet isn't seeing that type of wear now that the kid's 8. I chose plexiglass only because of the fear of my daughter breaking glass in the first place. I was probably overly cautious since she hasn't busted any of the glass on my other arcade machines. Or any of our windows or TV's.
I'll use glass for every other project from now on.
Endaar:
Count me down for glass as well: 1/4", solar gray, polished edges. I ordered from onedayglass.com and am really happy with the overall result. I have to disagree with an earlier poster though - LCDs are so bright that the gray tint on the glass helps drop things down to a more normal level and so I'd reccommend it.
Endaar
GregD:
:(To those that use glass, do you bother getting it tempered?