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| protokatie:
--- Quote from: Benevolance on September 25, 2008, 08:40:09 pm ---As a curiosity, is tempering really that important? I know it shatters more safely. But in all our years of owning and renting, we've never had any glass panes break. I assume all our glass is tempered, but I've never checked. --- End quote --- It's not important until it breaks, and slices through an artery. Then it is important. Its one of the "insurance" things. You hope you never need it, but it is a good thing to have. Besides, if you get mad at a game you can punch the glass and get the satisfaction of seeing thousands of pieces of glass fly everywhere ;D |
| Kevin Mullins:
--- Quote from: Benevolance on September 25, 2008, 08:40:09 pm ---But in all our years of owning and renting, we've never had any glass panes break. --- End quote --- Owning and renting WHAT though? Tempered glass is harder and more durable than sheet glass. And if it should break, then that's when safety part comes into to play. Imagine a fairly tight fitting piece of sheet glass in an arcade cabinet.... now move that cabinet and visualize the stresses being put on the glass, a little twisting, a little bumping around, etc. Plain sheet glass doesn't like all that very well and tends to break into lovely razor sharp shards. Not to mention when people are playing on a cab and beating the dickens out of it or possibly poking at and smacking the glass. Doing the same with a piece of tempered glass is more likely to have less a chance of it breaking. Sheet glass is good for sliding straight up and down on tracks..... they're called "windows". It's also kinda like asking why do they use tempered glass on pinball machines instead plain sheet glass ? I have a Hyperball machine that will show you exactly why they use tempered. ;) |
| Benevolance:
So my tempered glass will actually be more durable than ordinary glass when it arrives, then? That's good information to know. What about the child safety glass film you can buy to upgrade ordinary glass? Has anyone tried that? Sorry for the questions, but I don't know a whole lot about glass. :) --- Quote ---Owning and renting WHAT though? --- End quote --- Owning and renting houses. A lot of our tables and cabinets have glass inserts, but we've always removed those when the furniture got moved. |
| protokatie:
--- Quote ---So my tempered glass will actually be more durable than ordinary glass when it arrives, then? That's good information to know. What about the child safety glass film you can buy to upgrade ordinary glass? Has anyone tried that? --- End quote --- Just dont drop the tempered glass on its edges. Tempered is weak along the edge and will shatter easily. Prolly wont hurt you, but you would be out a piece of glass. |
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