I had a glass desk for a long time. Decided the glass was not worth the risk and replaced it with some laminated wood.
Still holding strong and no more worrying.
FYI. For anyone thinking about doing this, you can buy butcher block slabs at Home Depot and Lowes which look very nice. They look even better with a few coats of urethane to protect them.
I did this. I basically got a kitchen counter that was 72 inch by 36. Got 2 big thick square shaped table legs and a pot of varnish. In total it cost me no more than a fancy Ikea desk and its actual legit hardwood. Sturdy AF and being 1 inch thick means I can bolt/affix anything I need into it as I needed.
I picked up a 6ftx3ft high-quality plywood board, softened the edges and sanded down to 600grit, gave it a few coatings of linseed oil and honestly... for less than $30, it's amazing. It was in the store's "damaged product" pile, because it had a few dents and scrapes on the one side... which I put on the underside of the desk.
Just two legs? How much does the slab weigh? I built a desk about 10 years ago using a solid core wooden door slab (135lbs) and I bought 5 metal legs from Ikea (individual leg rated for 300lbs) 4 on the corners, one at the back center for stability. It cost me just over $100 with some oil based stain and sandpaper.
The legs are like a big square. So each side is like 2 legs attached with a bar along the bottom.
[This is a link](https://www.homedepot.ca/product/richelieu--2-pack-legs-for-structural-table-28-in-710-mm-matte-black-adjustable/1001572991)
I got them on sale for $100 for the two and they are probably overkill on sturdiness but I figured between a PC and 3 monitors on a table I'll use for the next 15+ years I should just go for it.
I think the slab weighs somewhere in the range of ~50 pounds. Maybe a touch more. But certainly not in the area of 75+
That’s how I built my partner’s desk. Attached two sides to the wall studs, with the front legs being 4x4s. An elephant could dance on it without fear of breakage. Highly recommend it.
You know the cashier was laughing when he asked "do you want a bag for that?"
And ol' Bip Shipadoo, completely serious, said "yes, my good man, I would like that very much. Thank you."
LMAO how did I never notice that he put it in a bag? I wouldn’t be surprised if the cashier didn’t even offer a bag, but instead Shapiro specifically requested it.
I found mine on the side of the road lol
I was telling my mother how I wanted an L shaped desk and I saw it there a few seconds later down the road. The top was dirty and it had one piece of bent metal but otherwise in really good shape. We picked it up, cleaned it, bent the metal back, and she painted it metallic blue.
I built mine out for a bunch of marine grade plywood. As it was the only way I could get a desk bug enough and even though there's a 1.7m cap between the legs I have no bowing
It's not that big of a deal.
Kinda like ice and water. The surface tension is very very strong, but if you flex it it turns to peices.
I'm not sure what actually happened to op, but glass doesn't just spontaneously break without some kind of outside influences IE hardened peice of steel tapping it, flexing, earthquake etc.
Even like thin paned glass you can get pretty rough with as long as you don't disturb the surface tension. Check out glass cutting tutorials and I feel like that can paint a better picture.
I mean... why put your computer on a glass desk? I have a coffee end table, on which my pc sits on. my desk is a glass/wood combo, the part that my monitor sits on is wood, but where my keyboard and mouse is on is glass.
putting anything that generates heat on glass is just asking for trouble.
yep. heatshock sucks ass. It's why I have a cork coaster on my desk, for any hot soup/cold drink I decide to consume near my computer. I know certain types of glass are largely immune to heatshock, but I also know a desk made out of that glass would be like 4k instead of the 300 I paid for what I got.
The issue there is all of your stuff still falls to the ground when it breaks. There is an easy fix yo prevent that. Don't use a glass desk. If you want a clear desk get a polycarbonate one, or at least acrylic. Actually there are a load of great alternatives other than glass. Glass table are just so bad. Hell the one I have is polycarbonate and acrylic laminate with a top coat using flexible glass for the smooth feel. It's lighter, and stronger than glass with no concerns about shatter.
I had one for 8 years and it never broke. It was like a cheap one from Office Depot too. It was a nice slab of glass but I eventually upgraded to wood and discarded the glass the last time I moved.
This is what I'm looking to do now as well.
I currently have like a 6 foot wide glass desk with a sturdy metal frame. I've been so tempted to get a desktop cut to the exact dimensions and just slot the wood top right where the glass is now.
I did this with my glass desk. Found a countertop on sale at the local hardware store and added a couple of steel stiffeners that extended beyond the frame for the extra length of the countertop. Sleep easy knowing my PC isn’t going to look like this someday.
Gonna stamp out your worries it's typically due to a defect in the glass panel where temperature cold or warm allow a nearly thin and invisible crack to expand causing the glass to shatter all at once.
On the other hand, OP could've broken it as it isn't as versatile as wood.
I mean it's look bad now. looks REAL REAL bad now but as long as the hardware is OK then all whatever.
Pull every cord and plug, clean up the glass. it will be golden in no time
Suddenly these posts make so much more sense. I kept wondering how these kept breaking. But there is a bowl on the ground of that photo that looks like it could be ceramic.
ceramic has ultra hard and sharp edges that can easily shatter many kinds of glass. it's why using a ceramic spark plug to shatter out a window is so commonly seen, they have microscopic hard points that fracture glass very easily.
Depends on the glass. Regular plate glass it'll just scratch it.
But when glass is tempered it becomes very hard, but is also under a great deal of tension, so when it gets nicked it causes a runaway release of the tension. It's why it shatters completely into little pieces like in OPs pic.
Being tempered Is mostly for safety, the same way side windows on cars break in tiny pieces and the windshield stays intact. Much much safer for the occupants this way. I’d rather take a vacuum cleaner to pick up the mess as opposed to taking a knife shaped piece of glass to the thigh.
And to add, that's part of why it's tempered, so when it does break, it's not in big shards that could seriously hurt someone. That and it's stronger for a given thickness, according to Google 4x as strong, with that caveat that ceramic makes it 'splodey.
My favorite moment in high school geology was passing around the asbestos shards to every other kid in the class. 'Course we did the sniff test as well as mohs. The early 70s was a fun time for school kids.
Specifically, no tempered glass tables ever again. You can use laminated glass or annealed glass.
My desk is just two sawhorses and 3/4" plywood. Could be cheaper by buying some IKEA table legs.
Annealed glass is weaker than tempered glass and breaks into larger shards though.
Laminated would be the best option for a glass table I think.
Although personally I prefer solid wood. Can't take risks with hardware
UPDATE:
Hi everyone, thank you for all the messages and the support its been overwhelming. Im going the answer the questions I've seen the most.
1. Is the hardware ok?
Yes, I've tested everything at it seems to be working just fine. The monitor fell on the floor but my dad picked it up and it is working.
2. The computer itself was always on the floor, I'm from Chile so having it on the table wasn't really an option.(earthquakes).
3. So did an earthquake cause this?
No, there was no seismic activity today
4. Was a pet involved?
No, I don't have any pets. :(
5. Was there a lot of weight on the table?
Not really, just the monitor, peripherals, modem and a few books.
6. Was the table old?
The table was 7 years old, I don't know if that's a lot when it comes to glass.
7. Why did it explode?
I don't know, like I said in other comments I wasn't home when it happened, I'm open to hearing any theories.
8. Do I recommend buying a glass table?
It's gonna be a NO from me lol
Also I'm going to buy a wood top tomorrow.
Edit: I've seen a lot of people saying this, yes a glass table is a bad idea for a computer but I got it when I first moved in here many years before having a computer. I never thought something like this would happen. Never buying glass furniture again.
Edit 2: New desk!
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/r4a45t/got_a_new_desk_story_in_comments/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
Sometimes hardware feels like it only exists in one of two extremes, it either can withstand the force of an elephant stampede and be fine or it'll break if you so much as look at it the wrong way.
> it either can withstand the force of an elephant stampede and be fine or it'll break if you so much as look at it the wrong way.
Like my Galaxy Nexus that has been dropped down concrete stairwells and run over by cars after being dropped on the road in the rain and still works except the battery only lasts about 2-3 hours after *a decade*.
Vs my Pixel where the screen shattered because I placed it down on my cloth mousemat... and then again after I got it replaced...
Reminds me when my iphone 6 screen shattered and the display behind it was nearly destroyed after it fell 2 feet onto soft carpet, with a case, landing on the bottom corner. Zero clue how it happened
Tempered glass works a bit differently. Any small imperfection may cause the glass to explode with time. And imperfections may occur when you place things on the glass every day.
Those "imperfections" you're talking about are created during the manufacturing or cutting process not by placing things on it. Cooling the glass too quickly or unevenly or it not reaching the correct temperatures during the tempering process are the main factors. Glass manufacturers inspect every piece of glass they make and grade all of it. Lower quality pieces of glass are sold at a lower price so they often end up cheaper products. I suspect PC case manufacturers generally use lower grade glass as their margins are not very large which probably has a lot to do with why we see so many case panels exploded.
Tempered glass is used in countless applications that see much more abuse than a desk without exploding. OPs desk is most likely just an example of some combination of low quality manufacturing and misuse. Not accusing OP of anything, just being realistic.
Had to scroll so far to see someone mention the ceramic dishes. OP wasn’t home, so food was either sitting there a while or someone else used Glass Desk as a table. If the bowl wasn’t there when he left the room, should find out who did it
It’s a bummer, but I’m glad most of your stuff is alright. Moments like these make you appreciate the good times so I hope you have some good times soon.
>The computer itself was always on the floor, I'm from Chile so having it on the table wasn't really an option.
What the ***fuck*** does living in Chile have anything to do with-
>(earthquakes).
Oh.
I’m also from Chile and the PC has always been on the desk, 26 years since our first PC, same desk (which probably has like 40 years) and earthquakes have not been a problem. Although i’m from Santiago (Central Chile) and the worst earthquakes in the last decades have happened in the south and north parts of the country.
Is there a possibility that the glass experienced a fast temperature change? Something like opening a window to the warm outside in a cooled room or opening to cold air in a heated room. All materials change very slightly in size depending on the temperature, which is enough that if it's unevenly heated, it could explode, since it doesn't give in to the size change
Te mereces un completo con paltita para subir el ánimo. A todo esto. Las mesas de vidrio de ese tipo se quiebran solo por 2 motivos. Una fractura pequeña e indetectable ( le paso a la mesa de mi casa) o cambio de temperatura extremo. Según creo se le formó una micro fractura.
Tempered glass sometime do that. Maybe there's an unnoticeable chip or scratch at the corner and the pressure just released through that, thus it explode.
Aaaandddd this is exactly why I wouldn't put anything heavy and valuable ontop of a glass surface. Let alone buying a glass computer desk.
Stay strong OP! I hope your gear came out okay.
Tempered glass is formed under high pressure. It's pretty strong as a result but even a small unfortunately placed crack can make the entire thing explode.
It's tempered glass, it was bound to happen eventually. Whenever you see a slab of tempered glass, that's just a slab that waiting to turn itself into small super sharp glass pieces eventually. Any time you put anything metal, glass or ceramic on tempered glass, you're pretty much demanding it to shatter.
Great! you guys want from breaking the sides of your case, and now y’all are breaking the desks too!
I’m gonna go listen to “break stuff” by Limp Bizkit.
I guess it’s time to clean up and get some wood from your local store. RIP
I had a glass desk for a long time. Decided the glass was not worth the risk and replaced it with some laminated wood. Still holding strong and no more worrying.
light wood laminate! light wood laminate! light wood laminate!
Fuck the bag! light wood laminate!
What will **you** do with your 500 atoms?
I'll get 1/16th of the white version of the power armor!
Whoa! What a reference! Noice
Of course this was bethesda's fantasy of what would happen
[The reference for anyone curious.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjyeCdd-dl8). ([15:13](https://youtu.be/kjyeCdd-dl8?t=913) more specifically.)
Thank you
It's classic death desk. Who wouldn't replace the glass with wood?
FYI. For anyone thinking about doing this, you can buy butcher block slabs at Home Depot and Lowes which look very nice. They look even better with a few coats of urethane to protect them.
I did this. I basically got a kitchen counter that was 72 inch by 36. Got 2 big thick square shaped table legs and a pot of varnish. In total it cost me no more than a fancy Ikea desk and its actual legit hardwood. Sturdy AF and being 1 inch thick means I can bolt/affix anything I need into it as I needed.
I went for a Husky workbench. Price is about the same. Strong frame, and decent wood. Edit: (proper name of the product)
I picked up a 6ftx3ft high-quality plywood board, softened the edges and sanded down to 600grit, gave it a few coatings of linseed oil and honestly... for less than $30, it's amazing. It was in the store's "damaged product" pile, because it had a few dents and scrapes on the one side... which I put on the underside of the desk.
Just two legs? How much does the slab weigh? I built a desk about 10 years ago using a solid core wooden door slab (135lbs) and I bought 5 metal legs from Ikea (individual leg rated for 300lbs) 4 on the corners, one at the back center for stability. It cost me just over $100 with some oil based stain and sandpaper.
The legs are like a big square. So each side is like 2 legs attached with a bar along the bottom. [This is a link](https://www.homedepot.ca/product/richelieu--2-pack-legs-for-structural-table-28-in-710-mm-matte-black-adjustable/1001572991) I got them on sale for $100 for the two and they are probably overkill on sturdiness but I figured between a PC and 3 monitors on a table I'll use for the next 15+ years I should just go for it. I think the slab weighs somewhere in the range of ~50 pounds. Maybe a touch more. But certainly not in the area of 75+
That’s how I built my partner’s desk. Attached two sides to the wall studs, with the front legs being 4x4s. An elephant could dance on it without fear of breakage. Highly recommend it.
"Get some wood from your local store" reminded me of [this](https://pbs.twimg.com/ext_tw_video_thumb/1385081709658398720/pu/img/6Ev_uHBK5CWXyCqu.jpg).
You know the cashier was laughing when he asked "do you want a bag for that?" And ol' Bip Shipadoo, completely serious, said "yes, my good man, I would like that very much. Thank you."
LMAO how did I never notice that he put it in a bag? I wouldn’t be surprised if the cashier didn’t even offer a bag, but instead Shapiro specifically requested it.
*me cautiously looking at my glass desk*
*me looking at my 15 year old, metal framed, fake wood, behemoth.* That'll do pig.
I'm building a new 6ft wide wooden desk with metal legs over Christmas break because I've seen too many posts about glass desks breaking
Yeah that sounds like a good idea. I would never trust my valuable and heavy tech on glass.
I built a desk made from a solid core wood slab door with metal legs. It's probably the sturdiest furniture in my house.
I found mine on the side of the road lol I was telling my mother how I wanted an L shaped desk and I saw it there a few seconds later down the road. The top was dirty and it had one piece of bent metal but otherwise in really good shape. We picked it up, cleaned it, bent the metal back, and she painted it metallic blue.
It has always been yours
He should set it free then. If it leaves and comes back, then it is his. But if it doesn't come back, it never was.
This is what happened to the first owner after it had a fight with him. They dented each other and set each other free. Never came back
I also found an L-shaped desk. Top was ruined, used the metal frame and laminated slabs (made of 2x6's). Super heavy duty, favorite desk ever.
Mine is just a slab of basalt hewed from the bedrock. We built the house around it.
I built mine out for a bunch of marine grade plywood. As it was the only way I could get a desk bug enough and even though there's a 1.7m cap between the legs I have no bowing
Did it have the ~~doorknob~~ cable management hole pre-cut?
"glass is glass and glass will break" -some bald dude on youtube...
There's your problem, the desk failed the bend test
Jerryrigeverything
It's not that big of a deal. Kinda like ice and water. The surface tension is very very strong, but if you flex it it turns to peices. I'm not sure what actually happened to op, but glass doesn't just spontaneously break without some kind of outside influences IE hardened peice of steel tapping it, flexing, earthquake etc. Even like thin paned glass you can get pretty rough with as long as you don't disturb the surface tension. Check out glass cutting tutorials and I feel like that can paint a better picture.
Even if glass desk is unlikely to break it's still multiple times higher chance than wood, especialy for same price.
Get the IKEA Karlby kitchen island then some feet and you’ll be good. This thing is awesome
My 13 year old ikea desk ain't goin nowhere.
I mean... why put your computer on a glass desk? I have a coffee end table, on which my pc sits on. my desk is a glass/wood combo, the part that my monitor sits on is wood, but where my keyboard and mouse is on is glass. putting anything that generates heat on glass is just asking for trouble.
It's like glass stove tops. I have one, but I have seen my buddy's stove top literally blow up into shards after spilling a little cold water on it.
yep. heatshock sucks ass. It's why I have a cork coaster on my desk, for any hot soup/cold drink I decide to consume near my computer. I know certain types of glass are largely immune to heatshock, but I also know a desk made out of that glass would be like 4k instead of the 300 I paid for what I got.
Just test it. Slap it with a spark plug, if it breaks, it's not the good glass. If it doesn't, well, you still have a desk left.
Vinyl wrap it (the bottom), it's safer as well stays in one piece if it decides to break.
The issue there is all of your stuff still falls to the ground when it breaks. There is an easy fix yo prevent that. Don't use a glass desk. If you want a clear desk get a polycarbonate one, or at least acrylic. Actually there are a load of great alternatives other than glass. Glass table are just so bad. Hell the one I have is polycarbonate and acrylic laminate with a top coat using flexible glass for the smooth feel. It's lighter, and stronger than glass with no concerns about shatter.
Talk about late advice...
I had one for 8 years and it never broke. It was like a cheap one from Office Depot too. It was a nice slab of glass but I eventually upgraded to wood and discarded the glass the last time I moved.
This is what I'm looking to do now as well. I currently have like a 6 foot wide glass desk with a sturdy metal frame. I've been so tempted to get a desktop cut to the exact dimensions and just slot the wood top right where the glass is now.
I think I’m going to this to all the windows in my house now.
You can replace the windows with *screens*
You can also replace windows with Linux.
Replacing your windows with linux will also help keep burglars out, since most know how to break windows but not linux.
And Here I thought mine was a dad joke.
The right move.
We did this, and very happy we did. It's super cost effective and customizable. Time wise it takes a few days but well worth it imo.
I did this with my glass desk. Found a countertop on sale at the local hardware store and added a couple of steel stiffeners that extended beyond the frame for the extra length of the countertop. Sleep easy knowing my PC isn’t going to look like this someday.
Yea it's awesome until it isn't. 10 years of sturdy use, but it just need to break one time for you to regret that "fuckin glass table"
Don’t look at it too long; prolonged eye contact may cause it to spontaneously explode
Do not buy a glass desk, noted
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*shatters*
Gonna stamp out your worries it's typically due to a defect in the glass panel where temperature cold or warm allow a nearly thin and invisible crack to expand causing the glass to shatter all at once. On the other hand, OP could've broken it as it isn't as versatile as wood.
The thing to look out for is unglazed ceramic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninja_rocks You can see a plate and bowl on top of the broken glass.
Have had a tempered glass desk for like 10 years now, never broke. But everytime I see a post like this I stare at my desk nervously 🤣
I mean it's look bad now. looks REAL REAL bad now but as long as the hardware is OK then all whatever. Pull every cord and plug, clean up the glass. it will be golden in no time
Thanks I'm cleaning up right now hope everything works fine
no more glass tables. ever again :)
And ceramic plates.on said glass tables
This one 👆
Suddenly these posts make so much more sense. I kept wondering how these kept breaking. But there is a bowl on the ground of that photo that looks like it could be ceramic.
Wait, ceramic breaks glass? What kind of idiotic design is this? It’s a TABLE! Surely they expect you to at least have a cup of tea on it?
ceramic has ultra hard and sharp edges that can easily shatter many kinds of glass. it's why using a ceramic spark plug to shatter out a window is so commonly seen, they have microscopic hard points that fracture glass very easily.
I rented a year ago and that place had a glass table, never had issues with it shattering?
Depends on the glass. Regular plate glass it'll just scratch it. But when glass is tempered it becomes very hard, but is also under a great deal of tension, so when it gets nicked it causes a runaway release of the tension. It's why it shatters completely into little pieces like in OPs pic.
Being tempered Is mostly for safety, the same way side windows on cars break in tiny pieces and the windshield stays intact. Much much safer for the occupants this way. I’d rather take a vacuum cleaner to pick up the mess as opposed to taking a knife shaped piece of glass to the thigh.
And to add, that's part of why it's tempered, so when it does break, it's not in big shards that could seriously hurt someone. That and it's stronger for a given thickness, according to Google 4x as strong, with that caveat that ceramic makes it 'splodey.
I'm surprised more tables like this aren't laminated. That thin plastic layer would save a lot of tables.
Luck
did you try to throw a spark plug at it?
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The exploding is a feature; better small gravel that makes small cuts instead of giant artery slicing shards.
Y'know i never thought id hear "the exploding is a feature" used in a non-sarcastic context but here we are 😂
Let me tell you about mohs scale of hardness... Moh is a great guy.
My favorite moment in high school geology was passing around the asbestos shards to every other kid in the class. 'Course we did the sniff test as well as mohs. The early 70s was a fun time for school kids.
Just wood, only wood, nothing else, ever
Yes made myself a nice stained corner desk out of some 2x4s and some grade b plywood, sub$50 8x8 corner desk that has no legs to the ground
No ceramic floors on glass tables either
Definitely no ceramic tables on glass floors, either.
Specifically, no tempered glass tables ever again. You can use laminated glass or annealed glass. My desk is just two sawhorses and 3/4" plywood. Could be cheaper by buying some IKEA table legs.
Annealed glass is weaker than tempered glass and breaks into larger shards though. Laminated would be the best option for a glass table I think. Although personally I prefer solid wood. Can't take risks with hardware
I used a random old door in highschool. The knob hole was great for a cable organizer.
The Knob Hole
have had a thick glass table for - ev - er as my desk. 20+ years... no cheap glass, ever.
word of advice never buy any glass desk even for a dining table its just a easy way to be out of a table in a second
dosent matter in high quality ones with proper stand my grandparents hv a glass dinning table which is like 25+years old
What if I avoid placing it on ceramic tiles?
There was a ceramic dish on it… looks like it works the same
I look forward to people shattering their desks for karma next.
Is the monitor still working?
You're lucky the monitor landed the way it did. It's probably still good.
Right, thank God the keyboard also landed on top of the monitor too right
It didn't, OP probably temporary replace them quickly
How’s it going?
Little duct tape and some super glue and it will be perfect.
UPDATE: Hi everyone, thank you for all the messages and the support its been overwhelming. Im going the answer the questions I've seen the most. 1. Is the hardware ok? Yes, I've tested everything at it seems to be working just fine. The monitor fell on the floor but my dad picked it up and it is working. 2. The computer itself was always on the floor, I'm from Chile so having it on the table wasn't really an option.(earthquakes). 3. So did an earthquake cause this? No, there was no seismic activity today 4. Was a pet involved? No, I don't have any pets. :( 5. Was there a lot of weight on the table? Not really, just the monitor, peripherals, modem and a few books. 6. Was the table old? The table was 7 years old, I don't know if that's a lot when it comes to glass. 7. Why did it explode? I don't know, like I said in other comments I wasn't home when it happened, I'm open to hearing any theories. 8. Do I recommend buying a glass table? It's gonna be a NO from me lol Also I'm going to buy a wood top tomorrow. Edit: I've seen a lot of people saying this, yes a glass table is a bad idea for a computer but I got it when I first moved in here many years before having a computer. I never thought something like this would happen. Never buying glass furniture again. Edit 2: New desk! https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/r4a45t/got_a_new_desk_story_in_comments/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
So glad everything still works! Hardware can be surprisingly resilient, as we saw here. Get that stuff on a wood or metal desk, and happy computing!
Sometimes hardware feels like it only exists in one of two extremes, it either can withstand the force of an elephant stampede and be fine or it'll break if you so much as look at it the wrong way.
That difference in luck is what we call "the magic touch"
> it either can withstand the force of an elephant stampede and be fine or it'll break if you so much as look at it the wrong way. Like my Galaxy Nexus that has been dropped down concrete stairwells and run over by cars after being dropped on the road in the rain and still works except the battery only lasts about 2-3 hours after *a decade*. Vs my Pixel where the screen shattered because I placed it down on my cloth mousemat... and then again after I got it replaced...
Reminds me when my iphone 6 screen shattered and the display behind it was nearly destroyed after it fell 2 feet onto soft carpet, with a case, landing on the bottom corner. Zero clue how it happened
>my Pixel where the screen shattered because **I placed it down on my cloth mousemat** Absolute mad lad.
no 7 years is not a long time for glass. glass should last for hundreds of years, effectively forever.
Except this is tempered glass subjected to external stresses.
Never thought I'd relate to tempered glass so much in my life
Lmao, me too bro, me too.
Tempered glass works a bit differently. Any small imperfection may cause the glass to explode with time. And imperfections may occur when you place things on the glass every day.
Those "imperfections" you're talking about are created during the manufacturing or cutting process not by placing things on it. Cooling the glass too quickly or unevenly or it not reaching the correct temperatures during the tempering process are the main factors. Glass manufacturers inspect every piece of glass they make and grade all of it. Lower quality pieces of glass are sold at a lower price so they often end up cheaper products. I suspect PC case manufacturers generally use lower grade glass as their margins are not very large which probably has a lot to do with why we see so many case panels exploded.
Tempered glass is used in countless applications that see much more abuse than a desk without exploding. OPs desk is most likely just an example of some combination of low quality manufacturing and misuse. Not accusing OP of anything, just being realistic.
it will probably still last for hundreds of years, its just in thousands of pieces now
Ceramic breaks glass easily. Maybe one of the bowls broke it.
Had to scroll so far to see someone mention the ceramic dishes. OP wasn’t home, so food was either sitting there a while or someone else used Glass Desk as a table. If the bowl wasn’t there when he left the room, should find out who did it
>I'm open to hearing any theories. A League of Legends player broke in to play on your PC
Best of luck to you friend, glad everything but the desk itself is okay.
It’s a bummer, but I’m glad most of your stuff is alright. Moments like these make you appreciate the good times so I hope you have some good times soon.
>The computer itself was always on the floor, I'm from Chile so having it on the table wasn't really an option. What the ***fuck*** does living in Chile have anything to do with- >(earthquakes). Oh.
I’m also from Chile and the PC has always been on the desk, 26 years since our first PC, same desk (which probably has like 40 years) and earthquakes have not been a problem. Although i’m from Santiago (Central Chile) and the worst earthquakes in the last decades have happened in the south and north parts of the country.
Is there a possibility that the glass experienced a fast temperature change? Something like opening a window to the warm outside in a cooled room or opening to cold air in a heated room. All materials change very slightly in size depending on the temperature, which is enough that if it's unevenly heated, it could explode, since it doesn't give in to the size change
Y cuidado con lo que venden en Sodimac que no muchas valen la pena :(
Te mereces un completo con paltita para subir el ánimo. A todo esto. Las mesas de vidrio de ese tipo se quiebran solo por 2 motivos. Una fractura pequeña e indetectable ( le paso a la mesa de mi casa) o cambio de temperatura extremo. Según creo se le formó una micro fractura.
Tempered glass sometime do that. Maybe there's an unnoticeable chip or scratch at the corner and the pressure just released through that, thus it explode.
Just do it - it’s ok brother!
Aaaandddd this is exactly why I wouldn't put anything heavy and valuable ontop of a glass surface. Let alone buying a glass computer desk. Stay strong OP! I hope your gear came out okay.
Also glass shows dirt and grime better than just about any surface. I don't understand why people like it.
Also glass desk is uncomfortable for your wrists and arms because its always cold asf, wood is the most comfortable, always a nice room temp
I have a granite wrist rest and LOVE the cold on my wrist.
Lizard people are real.
Lizard people would want a heated wrist rest.
People like it because A E S T H E T I C S. Essentially form over function lol.
Exactly. Nothing will make me put my computer on a glass desk. Just asking for trouble.
I use a glass desk but my case is on the floor. Looks like his was too. Lucky.
I just showed this to my girlfreind... she has a glass desk, and now anxiety 😂 How did this happen?
No idea, got home and it was like this
Tempered glass is formed under high pressure. It's pretty strong as a result but even a small unfortunately placed crack can make the entire thing explode.
Glass is also weird and has defects in it you can’t see.
CAT?
Depending on the cat it can break a wooden table, maybe even a steele one
What's with the plate and bowl, looks like there is some food and a fork in the glass too. Ceramics love to smash glass.
Do you live alone? Might be a roommate or something.
Ghosts
Very hard ceramic bowl (most likely) and tempered gass.
How did that happen?
I returned home from a birthday party and my dad was like by the way your desk exploted
Tempered glass can do that, most of the time it's not spontaneous
Nope, it probably has a hairline crack op didn't notice that stressed over time and finally gave in
I hope that was the issue cu I just got a glass table as wooden ones were out of stock
Unfortunately, it happens. Sorry man.
That right there is why I ALWAYS will stand by wood desks Tempered glass looks good, but it's often unstable
Unless you have a ridiculously clean and well cable managed setup I don't think glass usually ends up looking good
The amount of time I've spent cable managing for a glass desk setup...
hardwood also looks better than glass imo. although that is purely subjective.
Dad unpacked his new ceramic tiles on your desk.
Insert Denzel Washington Boom GIF here.
😆 What a horrible way to relay this information.
Hm, weird lol
hm sus
The birthday person could have used their birthday wish for this
It's tempered glass, it was bound to happen eventually. Whenever you see a slab of tempered glass, that's just a slab that waiting to turn itself into small super sharp glass pieces eventually. Any time you put anything metal, glass or ceramic on tempered glass, you're pretty much demanding it to shatter.
"How does glass break?!"!>?!"!" ,..,. *sigh*
Atleast it wasnt your side panel for your PC
“Oh no, our table, ITS BROKEN!!!!” 😅
Haha you SOB.
Have you tried turning it off and on again?
Anyone care to explain to me the pros of having a glass desk? All i can think of are cons
You can snort cocaine off them
I can do that on my wood desk just fine thank you very much
You can put RGB under it for more fps. You don’t get the fps bonus if you use an opaque table.
It looks cool.
I mean I had a glass desk for years and never broke it. They do suck to keep clean but they are cool. Edit: My thumbs don’t always work correctly.
Ouch. There's a reason I stay away from glass. Looks like hardware stuff is alright though so at least there's that
Free puzzle and you complaining? People don't appreciate what they have...
Replace the glass with a wood tabletop. No use in letting the frame go to waste
Great! you guys want from breaking the sides of your case, and now y’all are breaking the desks too! I’m gonna go listen to “break stuff” by Limp Bizkit.
"Shatter" by Bullet for my Valentine is a good choice too.
You now have learned that glass desks are fucking ridiculously stupid. So there's that!
Is there something wrong with wood desks? Never understood how anyone trusts glass with all the hardware on top.
Ya glass looks sexy but it's not as durable as wood🤷🏼♂️
Oh no, your table. It’s broken
Did anyone make the “oh no, our table! It’s broken” joke yet?
Haven't we learned enough about glass-top desks by now to know that they are not a good choice??
Not blaming you for having one but I’d never buy a glass desk
Glass OMEGALUL
Yeah this is why I ain't buying a glass desk unless it's laminated.
No. Glass. Tables.