trickman
Well-known member
I've been told time and time again that you want to get tempered glass for a table-top/cocktail machine. I was under the impression that this somehow "fortified" the glass in some way, resisting it to cracking, etc. However, after talking to a local glass cutting outfit near me, I was told that tempering only determines how the glass shatters if it is broken. Tempering makes the glass shatter in hundreds of small pieces, leaving no sharp edges to fool with, and is required by law for businesses, etc. Non-tempered glass will break in larger pieces, leaving sharp jagged and most likely dangerous pieces behind where someone could more easily get cut. Sending a piece of custom glass away to get tempered also costs more money. So, other than breakage safety, what is the advantage?
I have a Frogger cocktail that needs a top glass and I will be getting specs for cost once I measure it and get those measurements to them for a quote. I will figure tempering in there, but I wanted to know from others if it was worth it to spend the extra for it or not. Thanks.
I have a Frogger cocktail that needs a top glass and I will be getting specs for cost once I measure it and get those measurements to them for a quote. I will figure tempering in there, but I wanted to know from others if it was worth it to spend the extra for it or not. Thanks.


