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Which glass tint is best?
rchadd:
--- Quote from: Tilzs on August 03, 2004, 01:48:01 pm ---Grey Tinted glass
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your cab looks great - but does the tint really make an improvement to the display?
did you make yourself a bezel?
paigeoliver:
It is definitely grey tinted, specifically order 3/16" or 1/4" tempered grey tinted glass. I always get the stuff for under $20 for an upright cabinet, so if one shop quotes you $50 just move onto the next one in the book. You might not be able to actually find it for $20, but you can probably get close.
Remember to measure carefully and order the exact size you need, if you built your own cabinet make sure it is the same width top and bottom and the same height left and right, would suck if your glass didn't fit because your cabinet wasn't right.
rchadd:
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on August 03, 2004, 05:08:35 pm ---It is definitely grey tinted, specifically order 3/16" or 1/4" tempered grey tinted glass. I always get the stuff for under $20 for an upright cabinet, so if one shop quotes you $50 just move onto the next one in the book. You might not be able to actually find it for $20, but you can probably get close.
Remember to measure carefully and order the exact size you need, if you built your own cabinet make sure it is the same width top and bottom and the same height left and right, would suck if your glass didn't fit because your cabinet wasn't right.
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as i'm making a cocktail cab - i figured i'll get the glass first and then use it as a template to cut the tabletop - guaranteed to fit then ;)
as i'm in the UK ill be going for 6mm - don't you just love metric??? NO!
Tilzs:
--- Quote from: rchadd on August 03, 2004, 04:43:14 pm ---
--- Quote from: Tilzs on August 03, 2004, 01:48:01 pm ---Grey Tinted glass
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your cab looks great - but does the tint really make an improvement to the display?
did you make yourself a bezel?
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I don't know if I can really tell either way. It surely doesn't hurt the display. To Be honest though I haven't really played it without the glass so I don't know if I can really compare the two.
As for the bezel I don't have one. I just cut the top to the size I wanted, a little bigger than the monitor and then used black weathersripping to bridge the gap between the top and the monitor. I do have a flat screen computer CRT in there though so I don't know if the same approach would work as well if you are useing an arcade monitor or a computer monitor with a curve.
Sylentwulf:
Check oscar's site for the difference between smoked and non-smoked glass. Looks like a very noticeable difference to me.
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