Re: Plexiglass

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Original poster: "sundog by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <sundog-at-timeship-dot-net>

Hi All,

  I've used both polycarbonate and acrylic, and the arcylic machines *much* 
easier than the polycarbonate in most cases.  The acrylic usually makes 
clean cuts and smooth swarf, whereas the polycarbonate was prone to 
chipping badly and breaking off in little bits instead of 
cutting.  Drilling the polycarbonate was also a pain in the butt, as I had 
bad problems of it cracking outwards from the hole as the drill punched 
through the backside, even when drilling slow.  I may have had crap 
polycarb, so I can't say that all does that, but I had 3 different 
thicknesses do the same thing.

  Hope it helps!

At 12:26 PM 3/22/02 -0700, you wrote:
>Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
><evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>
>
>Tesla list wrote:
> >
> > Original poster: "Mike Osborne by way of Terry Fritz
><twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <mikeosborne-at-prodigy-dot-net>
> >
> > Ben:  Have you looked under "Lexan".  I think it's the same thing as
> > plexiglass.
> > Regards,  Mike Osborne
>
>         As others have pointed out, Lexan is polycarbonate and not acrylic.
>Tougher by far than acrylic, but in my experience somewhat messier to
>work with.
>
>Ed

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