Re: [bolger] Re: Tempered vs Laminated Glass

gaffcat@...wrote:
> When you stop moving and move
> back the glass closes around the hole.......

Yes nasty, but I am not sure that this is really
such an issue in a boat. Unlike a car, I would hope
that you are never moving fast enough to drive your
head straight through laminated glass. I would imagine
you are more concerned about the force of a wave
breaking onto the window.

Bruce Fountain
Senior Software Engineer
Union Switch & Signal
Perth, Western Australia
Ouch!

fritzdfk wrote:">gaffcat@...> wrote: When you stop moving and move
back the glass closes around the hole.......

fritz koschmann




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>Tempered glass is very strong but shatters into little bits
>when broken.

The idea is that the bits are more or less granular and not sharp, like
plate glass, and you don't get slashed to bits.
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--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, Don Tyson <tysond99@y...> wrote:
> Richard, I like the salvage yard Idea but more for laminated
safety glass as opposed to temperred.
>
> I take by Sams response that wipwes should not be used on Plex or
Lex?
>
> Don
>
>
>
> Richard Menz <paradigmhomes@h...> wrote:
> As a home builder I work with tempered glass all the time. I hate
> it. The stuff scratches when you give it a sharp look, let alone
> try to scrape paint with a wet razor blade. I would think the
> laminated glass for buses, motor homes and travel trailers
(caravans)
> would be worth looking at. In a worst case tempered glass breaks up
> into small pieces laminated holds togather.
>
> After that recent discussion on building costs, buying windows at
> the salvage yard could help a budget.
>
> Richard Menz

All the windows in Double Eagle are 1/2" polycarbonate except for the
front of the wheelhouse. There I am using tempered glass because of
windshield wipers etc. I read a description of two different
scenarios that convinced me to use tempered rather than laminated
glass. Tempered glass is very strong but shatters into little bits
when broken. Laminated glass has a layer of plastic sandwiched
between two layers of glass. Imagine your head going through or into
the two types. Tempered glass shatters into little bits, the
laminated glass breaks into shards but holds together and your head
goes through stretching the plastic. When you stop moving and move
back the glass closes around the hole.......

fritz koschmann
Richard, I like the salvage yard Idea but more for laminated safety glass as opposed to temperred.

I take by Sams response that wipwes should not be used on Plex or Lex?

Don



Richard Menz <paradigmhomes@...> wrote:
As a home builder I work with tempered glass all the time. I hate
it. The stuff scratches when you give it a sharp look, let alone
try to scrape paint with a wet razor blade. I would think the
laminated glass for buses, motor homes and travel trailers (caravans)
would be worth looking at. In a worst case tempered glass breaks up
into small pieces laminated holds togather.

After that recent discussion on building costs, buying windows at
the salvage yard could help a budget.

Richard Menz


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[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
As a home builder I work with tempered glass all the time. I hate
it. The stuff scratches when you give it a sharp look, let alone
try to scrape paint with a wet razor blade. I would think the
laminated glass for buses, motor homes and travel trailers (caravans)
would be worth looking at. In a worst case tempered glass breaks up
into small pieces laminated holds togather.

After that recent discussion on building costs, buying windows at
the salvage yard could help a budget.

Richard Menz