Question about smoked plexi?

[slicer_d]

I really dont know were you guys get your smoked plexi from but I found this website posted to get white plexi for my cocktail cab.  And they also have bronze and gray tinted plexi.  I'm assuming the grey tinted stuff might very well be what I need.  If anybody has ordered from them before or else has a suggestion on where else to get some smoked plexi from I would appreciate it.

Thanks

[Wienerdog]

I really dont know were you guys get your smoked plexi from but I found this website posted to get white plexi for my cocktail cab.  And they also have bronze and gray tinted plexi.  I'm assuming the grey tinted stuff might very well be what I need.  If anybody has ordered from them before or else has a suggestion on where else to get some smoked plexi from I would appreciate it.

Thanks

All I can say is, that is pretty darn funny.

[slicer_d]

at least there wasnt anything about balls in it  

[Wienerdog]

What was the website you found?  

[slicer_d]

doh sorry

http://www.mcmaster.com/param/asp/psearch.asp?FAM=plastics&FT_101=20338&FT_1340=53162&FT_1215=48545&FT_128=521&session=plastics,101=20338,1340=53162,1215=48545;128=521

[paigeoliver]

If you have a cocktail, then you want tinted glass, specifically tempered tinted glass.

Also, glass and plexiglass is like lumber and stuff, not something to be ordered off the internet, since you likely have between one and fifty local suppliers for the stuff.

Just measure up what you need, and start calling the glass places to get prices on quarter inch grey tint, tempered glass. The last piece I ordered cost me $20.

[Santoro]

If you have a cocktail, then you want tinted glass, specifically tempered tinted glass.

Also, glass and plexiglass is like lumber and stuff, not something to be ordered off the internet, since you likely have between one and fifty local suppliers for the stuff.

Just measure up what you need, and start calling the glass places to get prices on quarter inch grey tint, tempered glass. The last piece I ordered cost me $20.

Whoa...  

Two of my local glass dealers told me that for use on a Cab that I should use quarter-inch "safety glass" and I wound up payng $75 for for mine.  It looks like is two sheets of glass with a sheet of plastic sandwiched in between.

Was I ripped off?  Is 'tempered glass" safe as well?

[mp2526]

Whoa...  

Two of my local glass dealers told me that for use on a Cab that I should use quarter-inch "safety glass" and I wound up payng $75 for for mine.  It looks like is two sheets of glass with a sheet of plastic sandwiched in between.

Was I ripped off?  Is 'tempered glass" safe as well?

What you have is laminated glass, not tempered glass.  Here is a link that helps explain the differences.  http://www.howstuffworks.com/question508.htm

Tempered glass is a safety glass as well, the main difference is that when it breaks it shatters into hundreds of small relatively harmless pieces of glass.  If you have ever shattered a car window, then you know what I'm talking about.

Laminated glass when broken, still breaks like regular glass, except that it is stuck to the plactic and less likely to create dangerous knife-like shards

I believe, tempered glass is usually cheaper than laminated glass, but I'm not absolutely positive on that.

[bluGill]

Clarification: car side windows are normally tempered glass, while the windshield is laminated glass.  In an accident they don't want glass flying into the drivers eyes, so a windshield has to hold the broken pieces in place.  The side windows appearently won't fly that way, but I don't know accident physics.

Note that the side windows on cars almost never break while windshields crack (relativly) often.

Hammers will normally bounce off of tempered glass, but a punch (metal punch) will break it into tiny pieces.  

[mp2526]

Clarification: car side windows are normally tempered glass, while the windshield is laminated glass.

You are correct, I should have been more specific.

Hammers will normally bounce off of tempered glass, but a punch (metal punch) will break it into tiny pieces.  

Interestingly enough, so will a piece of broken ceramic from a spark plug

[reebboy]

Why is it recommended to use smoked or tinted glass for a cocktail cab instead of clear glass?

[paigeoliver]

Smoked or tinted glass was just what was most often used. Monitors look better behind it too.

[RandyT]

Why is it recommended to use smoked or tinted glass for a cocktail cab instead of clear glass?

All you have to do is compare the two side-by-side and you will know .

The darker glass gives the top a more uniform appearance (it is a table afterall), and also helps to hide any small manufacturing imperfections.  

Another thing that I don't think anyone has considered is that that CRT faces straight up in a cocktail cab, and doesn't have the shading provided by a stand-up unit's overhang.  This means that any overhead lighting would shoot right through the top glass and illuminate the gray phosphor of the CRT, making for a poor contrast image.  By knocking down 50% of the light striking the face of the CRT, the tint improves things quite dramatically in this circumstance.

RandyT