Re: Working with Plexiglas

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>



Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Christopher Boden by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com>
> 
> Having spent a LOT of time working with Lexan (Plexiglass)we've found out a
> few things. We've built the entire interior of Geek-3 from Lexan (Including
> the custom dash and control consoles).

Lexan is polycarbonate, Plexiglas (one 's') is acrylic.  They machine quite
differently.  acrylic is much more brittle and tends to shatter.  Both melt
easily and repay the use of sharp tools (you want to cut, not grind).