[TheForge] Glass and Steel

[Woolley]

I've used 1/2" glass for the tops of coffee tables, end tables. With the 
edges exposed, I think it looks a whole lot better than 1/4".  I'd be 
more inclined to use it for shelving or narrow table tops like a sofa 
table. Or planters and such.







Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer wrote:
> What's entertaining about tempered glass sheets is how far you can 
> bend them with apparent impunity...pf
>
> Peter Hirst wrote:
>> Does anyone have experience with glass table tops?  I have available 
>> to me a virtually unlimited supply of 1/4  glass up to almost 48 x 
>> 96, both tempered and plate.  I am looking for technical information 
>> on using such glass for table tops.   Quarter inch seems thin to me, 
>> but a couple of things have encouraged me.  First, when I was a kid, 
>> we had a porch dining table of (machine) forged iron with a glass 
>> 1/4" top that was supported only at its edge.  This was about 36 
>> x72.  Second, a friend of mine has a dozen or so 48x 96 panels 3/16 
>> thick that he removed from a skylight application, the strength of 
>> which he demonstrated to me by walking across a single sheet 
>> supported only at its long edges.  Of course, the thing is tempered, 
>> so you tap it with a hammer and it explodes into a pile of marbles, 
>> but the initial strength is impressive.  I have found some 1/4 inch 
>> thick table tops online up to 48" diameter rounds, but not with 
>> enough techinical information to give me confide
> nce to build a table for sale from such material.  Anyone out there 
> into incorporating glass in furniture?
>>
>> Peter Hirst
>> Keziah's Forge
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