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How Important is Tempered (vs Regular) Glass Over Playfield?
ChadTower:
Dust is better than blood.
shardian:
--- Quote from: Visitor Q on March 09, 2009, 03:38:44 pm ---Tempered Glass Breaking = Dust Everywhere! :censored:
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I've shattered my fair share of tempered glass, and I don't recall significant dust.
Ken Layton:
--- Quote from: shardian on March 09, 2009, 01:01:52 pm ---Did you ask them if they can temper it? Better to check before buying a new piece.
And to be entirely fair, Ken Layton uses plate glass in pins. It is one of the few things I disagree with him on. Why does he use plate? Because cleaning up tempered glass is a royal pain in the ass! Small price to pay for safety though, especially with kids around.
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Yes I use ordinary plate glass.
All my other operator friends also use plate glass. Pinball machine made before 1975 came from the factory with ordinary plate glass. The only reason pinball machines made after 1976 come with tempered safety glass from the factory is because of UL requirements for "amusement machines".
Charles4400:
--- Quote from: shardian on March 09, 2009, 01:01:52 pm ---Did you ask them if they can temper it? Better to check before buying a new piece.
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I asked and though he never gave me an offical quote, he was suggesting more on getting it laminated by someone that does tinting to correct it. He said they can send it out to get it tempered but didn't recommend that and was steering me away from that. Price for a tempered glass if it were originally bought was only $10 more :banghead:
--- Quote from: Ken Layton on March 09, 2009, 04:27:39 pm ---Yes I use ordinary plate glass.
All my other operator friends also use plate glass. Pinball machine made before 1975 came from the factory with ordinary plate glass. The only reason pinball machines made after 1976 come with tempered safety glass from the factory is because of UL requirements for "amusement machines".
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That's good news to hear actually, not because I don't believe in the safety of tempered glass but if many pins were produced with plate glass then it seems that the glasses breaking frequently are not that often.... thanks for the input Ken!
Well since I have my glass and no kids climbing on the pins or ahole friends banging on the glass, I'll just ride it out....if it breaks I'll get a tempered replacement for sure ....
(also which tilted the final decision is I just found out today I have a pipe which is leaking under tiled floor <and under concrete>, so I have plumber costs to deal with and I'm feeling broker every single minute they are here!)
Visitor Q:
Visitor Q hands Charles4400 the dice, good luck.
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