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Todd H:
I'm going with glass because every time I've dealt with plexi, it seems like it scratches way too easily.

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--- Quote from: Todd H on October 10, 2008, 11:09:37 am ---I'm going with glass because every time I've dealt with plexi, it seems like it scratches way too easily.

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Thats what I was thinking Todd but I have not really dealt with Plexi before on this level.

shardian:
Tempered glass is under alot of stress, which gives it the ridiculously high ultimate strength. You can hit tempered glass full force with a hammer without it breaking...most of the time. Unfortunately, when tempered glass breaks it is a most impressive "epic fail". Old tempered glass has tons of minor surface scratches and edge chips. For this older glass, it has been explained to me that the heat of your hands placed at just the right point on the edge can push the piece over the limit.

Nothing sucks more to one second be holding a large sheet of glass, then the next second be standing there wide eyed and empty handed wondering WTF just happened. The good news is that the epic fail break is a safety device - it is damn near impossible to get cut when tempered glass breaks.

Hope that explains why people use tempered glass.

P.S. Don't use regular off the shelf glass. You are asking for trouble with that.

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--- Quote from: shardian on October 10, 2008, 11:18:14 am ---Tempered glass is under alot of stress, which gives it the ridiculously high ultimate strength. You can hit tempered glass full force with a hammer without it breaking...most of the time. Unfortunately, when tempered glass breaks it is a most impressive "epic fail". Old tempered glass has tons of minor surface scratches and edge chips. For this older glass, it has been explained to me that the heat of your hands placed at just the right point on the edge can push the piece over the limit.

Nothing sucks more to one second be holding a large sheet of glass, then the next second be standing there wide eyed and empty handed wondering WTF just happened. The good news is that the epic fail break is a safety device - it is damn near impossible to get cut when tempered glass breaks.

Hope that explains why people use tempered glass.

P.S. Don't use regular off the shelf glass. You are asking for trouble with that.

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How does that stuff look that Paul is using?

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