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   esch5995 | Jan 09, 2024 12:30pm | #1

   ¼" tempered glass is what you need. Tempered Glass can't be cut after tempering so you must order it cut to size. I recommend you wait until the cabinet is made to measure and order it

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   john_c2 | Jan 09, 2024 01:54pm | #2

   Is it for decorative stuff? Meaning light? Having some vases it will be fine. But I wouldn't put big stacks of regular dinner plates on a 27" glass shelf.

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   esch5995 | Jan 09, 2024 11:25pm | #3

   ¼ tempered glass can hold a complete set of dishware over 27". If you are nervous about it you step up to ⅜"

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   user-6959514 | Jan 11, 2024 01:40pm | #4

   Thanks for the comments. Just as a reference I called a couple of glass places for a price. For four 1/4×12×14 and one 3/8×12×27, the quotes were $400 and $500. Holy moly! To me that is too much for the 'look'. However, I'll let them make the call.

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   esch5995 | Jan 12, 2024 12:47am | #6

   I would be curious to know how much of that cost is the ⅜" piece, which is really overkill and frankly my not look good. I just spent $185 on 4 pieces approximately the same size as your smaller ones. Tempered Glass is very strong(approximately 24000 psi breaking point vs. 6000 psi for ordinary annealed glass) and ¼" is fine for a 27" cabinet and is what my commercial cabinets ship with. ⅜" glass is used for tabletops and frame less shower doors I don't know that I have ever seen a cabinet use it.

   With just support on the sides a ¼" tempered glass shelf of that size can hold over 120 lbs add a center pin on the back of the cabinet and it is over 600lbs.

   https://abcglassandmirror.com/shelf-load-calculator/

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   Botch | Jan 11, 2024 09:22pm | #5

   I built a small curio cabinet for my GF's daughter's wedding gift, with four 1/4" shelves; your quotes are shocking but, right now, so is the cost of 6 chicken thighs. Dunno.

   That cabinet was destroyed by a baseball bat during the divorce a year later; sigh.