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   ring | Feb 01, 2006 10:59pm | #1

   I'd say 5/16" thick should be about right, but 3/8" would be playing it safe.  Go for tempered glass if the "environment" warrants it - especially if there are kids around.

   DR

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   dondownunder | Feb 04, 2006 09:01am | #2

   8 - 10mm but I'd use laminated rather than tempered.  Its usually available with polished edges from any glass supplier with out needing to be tempered after cutting & polishing.

   Don 

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   londonlad | Feb 04, 2006 05:44pm | #3

   Thanks for for the heads-up on laminated - I'll check out my local supplier this morning.Trying to find a glass shop that knows what a millimeter is might be more difficult.Cheers.

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   dondownunder | Feb 05, 2006 08:20am | #4

   Ok then, try 5/16 or 3/8" then take a look at this :-) http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/usmetric.html  It might be of interest to know the US was nearly the first nation to embrace a metric system back in Jefferson's day.

   Don

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   Ricks503 | Feb 07, 2006 06:18pm | #5

   I vote for 3/8" and laminated.  I saw a demo on glass once, tempered resists breaking more than regular, but when it does go it is as bad if not worse than regular due to the extra energy needed to shatter it - transmits that energy into the shards. Laminated is what they make windshields out of - it will shatter but the lamination hold it together or the bits together more and what does come off tends to be in small cubes rather than shards.

   If you have kids - lamination is best

   1 - measure the board twice, 2 - cut it once, 3 - measure the space where it is supposed to go        4 - get a new board and go back to step 1
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   EarlKelly | Feb 09, 2006 08:21pm | #6

   The absolute safest is tempered and laminated. Myself, I would go with Tempered, if it breaks, it breaks up into very small squarish chips, very unlikely to cut you. Car windows are tempered, windshields are tempered and laminated.Furniture...the Art of a FurnitureMaker