Alternative to glass bottom
- Thread starter mcox3
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Doubling glass will NOT make it any stronger...it's still only as strong as the thinnest piece. Check your local papers for a free pool table. (The worse shape it's in..the better.) Just make sure that it's a slate table and not a POS table.
Wolf3101;1153972; said:
Don't you mean it's only as strong as it's THICKEST piece?
Not that it matters for this thread I suppose
cvermeulen;1153984; said:Don't you mean it's only as strong as it's THICKEST piece?
Not that it matters for this thread I suppose
Actually he was right the first time.
DasArab;1155013; said:Actually he was right the first time.
If we are talking about putting two layers of glass on top of each other, which is what I think we're talking about, the bottom is as strong as the thickest piece, not the thinnest, but also not the sum of the layers.
If we are talking about making the bottom from several panes laying edge to edge, then the bottom is only as strong as the thinnest one.
Double glass is stronger but not twice as strong. ie 2 layers of 6mm glass is stronger than a single layer of 6mm glass but not as strong as a single layer of 12mm glass. I use double layer bottoms all the time as an economical alternative. Bracing bottoms with cross sections (front to back) of glass will also decrease the flex a longer single layer glass bottom will have which adds strength.
fishdance;1157912; said:
I assume you must be laminating the glass together somehow (otherwise I don't see much strength benefit). What kind of adhesive do you use? I wouldn't think silicone would ever cure in a large lamination.
