Hello everyone,
I managed to get an old empty wine barrel from my local winemaker. I placed a glass top on it with foam strips (actually removable table leg pads) between the barrel rim and the glass. As you have probably noticed, this solution is not exactly the safest 🙂.
Do you have any ideas on how I can secure the glass top more safely?
Best regards,
Dirk
I managed to get an old empty wine barrel from my local winemaker. I placed a glass top on it with foam strips (actually removable table leg pads) between the barrel rim and the glass. As you have probably noticed, this solution is not exactly the safest 🙂.
Do you have any ideas on how I can secure the glass top more safely?
Best regards,
Dirk
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nordanney28 May 2024 13:22Buchsbaum066 schrieb:
That might be true in a child-free retired household, but as soon as there are children in the house, I wouldn't place a loose glass top on an old wine barrel.What’s the point? By the time the children are old enough to reach the wine barrel, the glass top won’t easily tip over but would more likely be pulled off (which can be prevented with rubber pads). So the argument about children really doesn’t hold.Surely you wouldn’t place glass bottles or glasses on any table either. Or plates or other breakable items, and so on.
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MachsSelbst28 May 2024 16:34The experts without children and grandchildren again...
If a 15kg (33 lbs) glass panel falls, it is much more dangerous than a glass or a carafe.
And I have never seen a coffee table where the glass top simply lies loose without any frame or fastening.
So the idea of securing it is definitely the right approach.
How about gluing? There are special adhesives for this... Car windshields are glued into the bodywork, glass to metal, not screwed, not clamped, and certainly not just placed loosely.
If a 15kg (33 lbs) glass panel falls, it is much more dangerous than a glass or a carafe.
And I have never seen a coffee table where the glass top simply lies loose without any frame or fastening.
So the idea of securing it is definitely the right approach.
How about gluing? There are special adhesives for this... Car windshields are glued into the bodywork, glass to metal, not screwed, not clamped, and certainly not just placed loosely.
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nordanney28 May 2024 17:39MachsSelbst schrieb:
The experts without childrenYou can’t be referring to me with three kids and the corresponding experience.MachsSelbst schrieb:
And I have never seen a coffee table where the glass top just sits loosely on it, without any frame or something like that.And that’s why ypg suggested choosing a glass top that fits perfectly into the recessed area to be INSERTED.M
motorradsilke28 May 2024 19:22kbt09 schrieb:
And that’s why ypg suggested choosing a suitable glass panel to simply lay into the recess.Yes, but that wasn’t the intention at all. He was asked for advice on how to fix it in place. If you just lay the panel into the barrel, there will still be a rim. And the panel is smaller than the barrel, so it’s impractical.
I would also use those screw fasteners.
motorradsilke schrieb:
When you place the board inside the barrel, there is still a rim. Also, the board is smaller than the barrel, which is impractical.
I would also use these screw fasteners. Exactly... but that doesn’t seem to be working out, so you can consider other solutions as well.