ng_reader wrote:
Hi,

Over the years I have acquired fancy furniture that has this form fitting
glass surface. This 1/4" glass presents a tremendously hard and useful
surface.

But brittle.

I've made a few inquiries and local mirror shops seem to be the established
businesses fabricating exact replacements.

But, always one to save a nickel, is there something out there that is
"DIY", "do-it-yourself"?

Maybe a very high quality thick plastic that you can cut with special
tools... ?


Oh, it is available. But even the fancy stuff scratches easier than
glass, and glass is cheaper by far. Being a klutz, glass table
tops/covers always made me paranoid. Unless you use those plastic
circles or pennies under them, they slide around or fuse to the finish.
And cleaning them is a major PITA, and tends to get the windex trapped
under the edges unless you are super-careful and spray from the far side
of the table. We have lots of conference rooms at work with glass over
the tops of the tables. Almost always, at least one table in the room
has the glass missing or a big chip or crack, from oopsies by cleaning
crew, or somebody hitting it just wrong with their coffee cup or something.

--
aem sends....