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Having over 600 machines pass through my hands in the dozen (or so) years I have been in the hobby my experience with glass is about 20% is not tempered. So as stated above it is a good idea to replace your glass if you are not sure. Something else I have learned is almost 100% of woodrail machines will have plate glass in them - so they are the worst.
Quoted from YeOldPinPlayer:Up until 1964 the playfield glass wasn’t tempered according to Wayne Neyens.
Pg 162 The Pinball Compendium 1930s-1960s, by Michael Shalhoub
I remember reading that somewhere also. Plate glass really wasn't all that bad on older machines because flippers were not as strong anyway. Not saying it was a great idea just saying it didn't matter as much. Most people would be surprised how much plate glass is around them everyday. The one that amazes me the most is the thin glass in storm doors is typically plate (or at least it was until just a few years ago).
Modern pinball machines should never have plate glass in them but logic says lots of other stuff shouldn't use plate glass either!
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