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   MBerger | Oct 27, 2007 12:28am | #1

   Hi Dick.

   I've incorportated glass into my woodworking projects on a few occassions. One was a four-person dining table where the glass sat in a frame. I used 3/8-in. thick tempered glass for safety, but it was pricey and I ultimately decided that I might have gone a bit overboard. The other instances were picture frames, and for those I used both 3/32-in. thick float glass and plexiglass. In all cases, I ordered the material from a local glass shop and had it cut to order.

   For your gun cabinet, I think you can probably get by with the float glass up to 1/8 in. thick, depending on how big the pieces are. You might want to doublecheck with the glass supplier before you order.

   Here's one of two articles on the site that discuss installing glass: http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/Materials/MaterialsPDF.aspx?id=2385

   - Matt

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   potomac | Oct 29, 2007 05:16am | #2

   I just finished a gun cabinet as well and went with 14" tempered, the main reason being that gun's get heavier as the day wears on, of course it is always up to the client, but one tap with a gun butt or barrel and there goes your savings, and maybe more. I also have a question for you. On the left hand side of the built in display case I built, I built a 28' deep pantry drawer with multiple shelves for ammo, cleaning supplies, and other stuff. It is made out of reclaimed red and white oak and 3/4'ply where wow factor was less important than stability. Point: super heavy dead load. I ordered the accuride 500# slides for it and low and behold they are of the non disconnect type. With a fully backed deep pantry like this, how is the normal human supposed to attach these slides in any application. The ads show pictures of pantries being opened and closed, even of a fully backed truck utility box, and without building your cabinet around the slides, how else can you do this. I have thought of a couple of ways to accomplish what I need to do with some plugs and careful, exact measuring, but any suggestion or help would be greatly appreciated.
   thanks,
   John in Potomac

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   MBerger | Nov 05, 2007 02:55pm | #3

   Hey Potomac:I just now saw the follow up question in your reply. Forgive me for not responding earlier. I'll take a look at the Web site for those slides and get back to you.- Matt