[TheForge] Glass and Steel

[Peter Hirst]

The table we had held the glass in an angle iron frame, enclosing the edges. 
That's how I would support a 1/4 inch plate as well
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> 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.
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> Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer wrote:
>> What's entertaining about tempered glass sheets is how far you can bend 
>> them with apparent impunity...pf
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>> 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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