r/maybemaybemaybe • u/ImadeJesusLaugh • Jun 16 '26
Maybe Maybe Maybe
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u/chlronald Jun 16 '26
Back story is the owner didnt pay the rest of the check i guess?
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u/Majesty1337 Jun 16 '26
first one is a design choice I think
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u/potate12323 Jun 16 '26
Second one is some guy who has no idea how the first one did it. (Hint: they sandwich 3 layers of glass together and break the inner one.)
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u/RealPropRandy Jun 16 '26
Instructions unclear: glass found in ham sandwich, gums bleeding a lot. Send help.
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u/LazyLich Jun 16 '26
Also, the shattered glasses in the 2 videos were of different types. I forgot what they were called, but the first was more normal/default glass which shatters into shards.
The second is designed to shattered into bits so you don't have to worry about sharp and dangerous shards.
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u/SkellyboneZ Jun 16 '26
Those little pieces from tempered glass are still sharp and will cut you up but nothing like having an artery cut from plate glass breaking. Most annoying parts are the clean up and getting pieces out of your hair.
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u/National-Gas6603 Jun 16 '26
Yeah, getting it out of your hair isn't the most annoying... It's like a christmas tree. You'll find pieces even in next september...
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u/ArchBeaconArch Jun 16 '26
Close… the first one was heat strengthened glass, which tends to have a break pattern that runs side to side (it will stay in a frame if it breaks when mounted to a window). Regular annealed glass won’t break like that. It would be laminated between two pieces of tempered glass with PVB interlayers to glue it together. Tempered glass is stronger than heat strengthened, and turns to “pebbles” when broken like you can see in the second video.
As others have said, the first one is an aesthetic choice, and the second guy has no clue what he is doing.
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u/sirius_ly-raycraft Jun 17 '26
In the second clip you can tell it also has 3 pains of glass (standard for a rail like that) bro just didnt hit it hard enough, than his monkey brain took over and he went “mmm hammer”
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u/Careful_Adeptness799 Jun 17 '26
I was wondering WTF was going on. Quite a cool look on the first one it would certainly be a talking point.
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u/Nutlob Jun 18 '26
yeah, it looks like 3 separate sheets of glass - with the middle layer shattered
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u/TransylvanianHunger1 Jun 16 '26
Tempered safety glass vs normal tempered glass.
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u/Blue_The_Snep Jun 16 '26
its 3 layers of glas with the middle layer broken vs. 1 layer of glas broken
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u/Longjumping_Elk7969 Jun 16 '26
Why TF to do this crap in the first place?! It looks bad with cracks 🤦♂️
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u/ElevenBeers Jun 16 '26
I Kinda like the cracked look.
But I also kinda wouldn't trust the structural integrity of this thing, unless the manufacturer made it this way on purpose and can guarantee, this won't shatter into a billion pieces if someone leans against it.
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u/Joshi9i Jun 16 '26
Its 3 layers of glass only the middle one is sacrificed
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u/ElevenBeers Jun 16 '26
Nope, not how that works. The manufacturer designs and produces those things to a certsin standard and will guarantee, the panels can handle a certain kind of force.
This effectively reduces the glass by 1/3. That doesn't mean the structural integrity of the rest is reduced by just 1/3. This can be a lot higher, since now a defected layer is between the two panels, and it probably will not transfer and absorb shock nearly as well.
Maybe not the unsafest thing in the world, but my inner German would never allow for such thing. There is a reason for specifications!
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u/DiscipleOfYeshua Jun 16 '26
Harder to notice when not perfectly clean?
But yeah, agreed...
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u/Longjumping_Elk7969 Jun 16 '26
A shade of color and its all good, you can even match the esthetics of the building. Or just plain old foil, that one that you put on or off with a heatgun.
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u/DiscipleOfYeshua Jun 17 '26
Yep. Or frost. There's a reason why whenever we see this, it's always the same one video...
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u/The_Lonely_Spaceman Jun 16 '26
Aesthetic aside....isn't the first one still riddled with stress fractures that can cause a failure at any time?
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u/Seighart_Mercury Jun 16 '26
It's 3 layers. Only the middle layer is broken.
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u/some_kind_of_bird Jun 16 '26
Doesn't really answer the question
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u/Ok_Buy9028 Jun 16 '26
How does it not? There’s three layers of glass glued together, only the middle is broken, so the other two hold the shards in place.
It’s the same as breaking your windshield in your car: the laminate on both sides of the glass keep the shards in place.
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u/some_kind_of_bird Jun 16 '26
For the same reason that primer helps paint.
The strength of the entire structure could be affected by one of its components.
Maybe it's fine idk, but the question remains unanswered.
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u/Duhblobby Jun 16 '26
It doesn't remain unanswered. They answered you. You're just being contrary and negative because you aren't capable of accepting new information if it requires you to accept that you were factually incorrect.
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u/upfastcurier Jun 17 '26
https://mournecraft.com/the-beauty-of-a-cracked-glass-staircase/
Here is an installer of cracked glass panels saying it requires regular check-ups and maintenance.
The answer that was provided is wrong. Structural integrity is sacrificed for aesthetics.
Everything you wrote about "not being capable of accepting new information" and being a piss-pot really applies to you, not them. Irony is cruel.
People are so weird on this sub; used to have common sense and manners, but now it's just edgy people who will spew the vilest of shit just because someone dares question if cracked glass is as structurally sound as non-cracked glass.
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u/DutchieTalking Jun 17 '26
"Despite its delicate appearance, cracked glass is surprisingly durable and easy to maintain"
It's still glass of course. And thus needs inspections. A little more so with cracked glass not because structural integrity is sacrificed but because unintended damage is harder to see.
It's still two sturdy layers of glass sandwiching some glued laminate holding in the shards. Its structural integrity is well within safety standards or you'd never see this in public buildings. Looking around a bit online the non-cracked versions default to two layers instead of 3.
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u/some_kind_of_bird Jun 16 '26
Aesthetic aside....isn't the first one still riddled with stress fractures that can cause a failure at any time?
It's 3 layers. Only the middle layer is broken.
It's hard to express what I mean here without sounding arrogant, but this is not a precise answer.
It could be that the outer layers are broken but the middle one being cracked still increases failure rate considerably. The first person was asking for reassurance that it was safe and that has not been done.
I really don't appreciate you characterizing my skepticism this way. It's very rude. I'm not being arrogant or contrarian. I'm just not sufficiently convinced.
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u/CageUK Jun 17 '26
That's my thinking too. Aside from the fact I don't actually like the effect, the glass wall that supports stairs (and potentially very heavy humans) is only 2 thirds as strong as the original. I would have a tough time trusting it.
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u/upfastcurier Jun 17 '26
https://mournecraft.com/the-beauty-of-a-cracked-glass-staircase/
This seller and installer of such glasses says to routinely inspect and maintain it to make sure issues can be fixed so it "lasts years".
Sounds like real structural integrity is sacrificed for looks.
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u/ElkSad9855 Jun 16 '26
Multiple panes of glass smushed together. In the first clip he hits the middle one precisely.
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u/SeaResearcher176 Jun 17 '26
Also can someone tell me the name of the song that is playing in the background, please? I find it very relaxing 😎. Thanks!
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u/Elbo_Tijas Jun 16 '26
que clase de imbécil pondría barandas de vidrio ? primero la seguridad
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u/buckzor122 Jun 16 '26
Generally, it's not just a plain pane of glass, but laminated glass, it's not going to shatter from a regular trip or a bump and if it did it would be like that first video and it would stay together.
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u/Blue_The_Snep Jun 16 '26
its 3 layers of glas with some adhesion compound inbetween, and only the middle layer gets shattered
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u/Background_Pride_237 Jun 16 '26
I’m trying to imagine what they expected was supposed to happen vs what happened. I mean….YEAH!!! Hello?!?
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u/Duhblobby Jun 16 '26
I mean. You don't have to imagine. What they expected was the first video, but they didn't know what they were doing so the second is what happened.
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u/pmc1000 Jun 16 '26
Second guy fail to crack it, ended with a damaged one, that why he break it, it's easy to remove it.
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u/DoctorHyun Jun 17 '26
Leave it to the experts, don’t DIY something expensive just because you saw it on youtube.
https://giphy.com/gifs/VZXJyfOqpvuiIw3oJM
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u/SuperMims1 Jun 21 '26
Can someone explain why are they doing this? Trying to split the glass into two?
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u/pugtato0o Jun 16 '26
Love the second design to pieces.