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• Glass or plastic? Dodger project...
  • I priced both laminate and tempered glass for my cabin ports.
    • Tempered v. Laminated Safety
      • Tempered glass is required by code in Oregon and other places...
      • I was so impressed by the tempered glass strength demonstration, I threw away my storm shutters.
        • Depends how you hit it...
      • The good thing about polycarbonate (Lexan) is
  • I would use acrylic (Plexiglass)
    • One more thing -- don't use tinted
  • Glass experience..
    • laminated glass
      • laminated glass easily separates
        • In use by millions every day.
  • Thanks for the input...
    • Evans Starzinger has some thoughts on their hard dodger
      • Hawk's dodger...
        • Here's one I recently saw that really worked nicely, I thought.
        • Evans does have a different take on things
        • Gozzard uses.....
  • Did a trip this summer from Hawaii --loved the hard dodger
    • More info on the other hard dodger (made of plywood)
    • Good to hear from you, Jud.
    • Hi Jud! Great to see your post.
      • Hi Tom, hi Rich - just no time, really, to post here much so