vintage pachinko plexi

[valentino]

i have two ventage pachinko machines and they both only have plexi in the slot clossest to the field. i was wondering if the plexi is suposed to go clossest to the field and i heard that people put glass clossest to the player. is this ture

[cardwwi]

I use glass next to playing field and plexi on out side. sounds better

[Moparformances]

i like glass in both.. cleaner and sounds better..

but i have no little ones to worry about..

so glass on the inside and plexi on the outside to be safe

safety first

[valentino]

i do have a 2year old nephew that loves to play them when he comes over and i was thinking of temperd glass

[Moparformances]

i do have a 2year old nephew that loves to play them when he comes over and i was thinking of temperd glass

expensive

go with plexi for now

[valentino]

ya thats what it has now. i still have to go get prices for temperd to see if it is even worth it. like u said it might be to much money

[Cystic]

Tempered glass runs about $18-$25 per piece.

[newbie]

I do love the sound it makes with the glass, it is quite a difference, but with little ones, true, plexi is safer... but no other sound like it

[wrkey]

I'm different.. so I'll throw my comment in here. In machines that I have deemed as 'completed' I will always replace the 'clear stuff'. While I've tried it with the glass in the back, to me the 'clicking' that the balls make on the glass sounds to much like 'cracking'. The duller sound of the plexi is more 'pleasing' to my ear.

Thus, I always put in two sheets. The inner sheet will be plexi and the outer sheet will be glass. This set up allows for a more 'sophisticated' appeal with the glass up front, keeps the players from trying to 'tap the glass' in efforts to manipulate the balls and makes the machines a lot quieter to boot.

So.. there ya go... my opinion which I'm sure EVERYONE wanted!

[ballsofsteel]

Quote:
Originally Posted by valentino
i do have a 2year old nephew that loves to play them when he comes over and i was thinking of tempered glass

expensive

go with plexi for now

When I called the local glass guy about tempered glass for a couple of pinballs, he quoted around $6/square foot.

[valentino]

wrkey- opinions is what im after. now its a matter of getting a glass and trying it out who knows i might like plexi and later i might want to go glass and ill have it. i was just scared of it shatering all over the place but i will try reg glass and tempered to see the difference but i think i might just go with temp cause of little nephew

[valentino]

now my next glass question would be for the top of the machine. im going to build a box hopefully this weekend out of plywood like http://www.pachitalk.com/forums/pach...check-out.html but have the top windowed so i can see the balls like http://www.pachitalk.com/forums/pach...-complete.html but about 6-7'' till window. i know i came a cross one in the cabinet thread like what i have in mind. ok time for the glass question, for the 21"x 7" glass window does any recomend a thickness in either glass or temperd. once again im hoping to eventually get a bunch of balls up there. that reminded me of the pic it was three modern pachi together with 8000 on each one. i did ruff math and i found that one ball is about 7.57grams x 8000 = 60560 grams. grams to LBS and waalaa 133.511LBS. i prob have to take those numbers to a glass person

[MrGneiss]

Out of all the cabinet designs I have seen here with a clear top hopper, I'm not sure I remember any of them using glass..I'm not sure that sounds too safe to me..but I'm no glass expert!!


Is this the one you were thinking of??

http://www.pachitalk.com/forums/pach...t-section.html

[valentino]

yes thats the one thanks. i guess the top window is made out of lexan, im guessing that lexan is some sort of plexi stuff

[Moparformances]

hear is one with a plexi top.. im kinda partial to this design

http://www.pachitalk.com/forums/pach...o-cabinet.html

[valentino]

yes mopar that is a nice one i went a lonk that rout but didnt put the shelf in the front cause i have only ventage. when i can get a modern one i would put the shelf. im trying to get pics here and show what i have dune so far