Pinball Glass

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Where is the best place to get pinball glass? What is the normal thickness? The Xenon I have has some pretty bad glass...
 
Absolutely does NOT need to be safety glass.

We use ordinary glass on all our machines.

By safety glass do you mean tempered or do you mean the stuff with the film on each side that prevents pieces from flying all over the place?
 
If someone leans on your "ordinary" plate playfield glass, they can easily break right through it, injuring themselves substantially, and damaging the playfield as well as the glass breaks into long, incredibly sharp pieces - like falling into a bathtub of knives.

Not to mention oozing vital bodily fluids all over everything.....:eek:
 
Absolutely does NOT need to be safety glass.

We use ordinary glass on all our machines.

Man Ken I'm surprised to see you suggest this. Tempered is the only glass you should use on a pinball machine, period, for so many reasons.

Buy a few sheets from Pinball Life and be done with it. Its packed extremely well.
 
I often see pins come in with regular plate glass. They chip easily, the edges aren't polished so you typically get small cuts on the hands when handling it, and putting some pressure on it from above can easily cause it to bust.

I've even seen them come in with plexi/lexan replacements.

I'd take the old one to a glass shop and have them cut you a new piece of tempered glass...
 
I just get mine at a local glass shop, worked out great was like 30-40 bucks, make sure they don't put any brand markings on it.

I get mine locally.
Called about size glass shops and got prices from $35 to a crazy $120.
Of course I ordered it from the $35 shop and just took a few days.

So shop around.
Steve
 
I agree with Ken on his one. I put new glass in all my games , Tempered. Except GNR I put Normal Glass In. We Play the hell out of that game. No splinters yet.
 
I often see pins come in with regular plate glass. They chip easily, the edges aren't polished so you typically get small cuts on the hands when handling it, and putting some pressure on it from above can easily cause it to bust.

I've even seen them come in with plexi/lexan replacements.

I'd take the old one to a glass shop and have them cut you a new piece of tempered glass...
You can not cut tempered glass. First they cut the glass to size then temper it.
That is why it costs more, It is not done at a a glass shop.
Special ordered.
 
Given the price, availability and risk involved I can't imagine why anyone would use anything other than tempered glass in a pinball machine. Especially on location. Hello liability.
 
I'm not sure why there is even a debate on this. There's no advantage to using regular glass over tempered, and with tempered you have some piece of mind.

Why bother risking even the smallest chance something could bust and go wrong when tempered glass is so readily available? You like to use regular glass on your car too?
 
That is why it costs more, It is not done at a a glass shop.
Special ordered.

There is a local shop here in town that can make me tempered glass.


But don't let anyone think tempered glass won't break. They always seem to break from the smallest of bumps on an edge. I've even had some break just by holding it. I pulled one out of a pin in a cold house during winter (no heat on) and while holding it the glass shattered. I don't know if the heat of my hands was enough to cause it or not....
 
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