backglass

[studley67]

is a backglass tempered?can i cut it down?

[Homepin]

I don't think they are as many are around with cracks in them - with that said I wouldn't even think about cutting one down - I would change the cabinet first.....

[Boots]

I wouldn't risk it.
I am pretty sure that the Aussie made Sterns are toughened glass, only because I have seen a Cosmic Princess shatter into a million glass cubes when hit on the edge on concrete.
I think that maybe the older Gottlieb's are ordinary glass but I am not sure.
Toughened glass can take a fair bit of pressure on the face but hit it the wrong way on the edge and its game over.

[Mr Pinbologist]

I wouldn't risk it.
I am pretty sure that the Aussie made Sterns are toughened glass, only because I have seen a Cosmic Princess shatter into a million glass cubes when hit on the edge on concrete.
I think that maybe the older Gottlieb's are ordinary glass but I am not sure.
Toughened glass can take a fair bit of pressure on the face but hit it the wrong way on the edge and its game over.

+1. I have broken two backglasses, toughened glass both of them, they shattered into millions of pieces. One of them was an as new condition 6million$man backglass that i scored for $20 many years ago. Had it sitting against a wall beside a machine, lifted the pf of the machine, the ball fell out and clipped it on the edge 

The other a Wms SuperStar bg.. but it was stuffed anyway with a lot of missing paint. i wont say how it broke 

I wouldnt be trying to cut it either what backglass are we talking about btw??

[Retropin]

No you cant cut them down.. youll shatter the glass

[studley67]

the reason i asked,was to aviod changing/moding flash backbox.thanks,interesting stories.

[wonder]

Have a backglass that is crack in half and still together.




But it off a Bigtown pinball (playmatic)

[ktm450]

I wouldn't risk it.
I am pretty sure that the Aussie made Sterns are toughened glass, only because I have seen a Cosmic Princess shatter into a million glass cubes when hit on the edge on concrete.
I think that maybe the older Gottlieb's are ordinary glass but I am not sure.
Toughened glass can take a fair bit of pressure on the face but hit it the wrong way on the edge and its game over.

+1. I have broken two backglasses, toughened glass both of them, they shattered into millions of pieces. One of them was an as new condition 6million$man backglass that i scored for $20 many years ago. Had it sitting against a wall beside a machine, lifted the pf of the machine, the ball fell out and clipped it on the edge 

OUCH! Don't you hate it when you do silly things like that, you kick yourself for days after