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Any reason for a glass screen?
CheffoJeffo:
--- Quote from: spacies on December 07, 2008, 01:25:20 am ---And plexi scratches over time.
Glass is much better IMO.
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+1
:applaud:
As far as safety goes, I have a fair number of machines and 3 kids (currently aged 8 years and under, but I have had the kids and machines for a while now). I trust tempered glass WAY more than I trust plexi. Regular glass never makes it out of the shop and plexi gets replaced with tempered glass if I have it available in the appropriate size.
You can hit tempered glass with a hammer and nothing happens. If you do hit it hard enough to break, you get chicklets. Same can't be said for plexi.
Just be careful when you set tempered glass on edge ... it's easy to shatter that way and, while still safe, it can be expensive. ;)
daywane:
the edge part is TRUE!
My younger brother was rolling a log (we heat our homes with wood) into his truck, just behind the driver side.
Log just taped the side of window.
Cracked it into 100 pieces.
He is laid off and we both use his truck for wood. His truck is much larger and more powerful than mine.
I paid to fix his window
$250.00
acevedor2:
I use Lexan. Costs more than plexi or glass, but it is way stronger. I figure if you they use it for bullet proofing, I am probably good to go with it in my cab :)
dkubarek:
About how much would lexan cost? I thought of using that, too. It's about 22" by 22". I'm starting to think that just cutting a hole in the wood, slipping the monitor through and caulking or puttying the wood won't look "finished" as mentioned. So, if I use something transparent, do I paint around the monitor area with spraypaint? I'm good in photoshop and have access to a large printer, so I might design a bezel, print it and Exacto the center.
Jimbo:
I put 6mm tinted toughened safety glass on mine.. Its heavy, but looks great, and really *makes* the cab, imo. :)
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