Re: Looking for Cast Acrylic Sheet Stock

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>

And a 12 x 12 x 1 sheet of standard polypropylene will set you back only 
$12.14.

High grade premium UHMW-PE is $28.88 a sheet.  This material is a little 
gummy to machine but "it don't break" ;-))  Be careful of the "cheap" grade 
cause it really is "cheap"!  Worth the extra $10 to get the premium grade IMHO.

If you need fancy stuff like Terry gets (insane), that PEEK will set you 
back $988.21 in a 12x12x1 ;-))

Mcmaster Carr has everything including those odd 56-7/8 cobalt tipped band 
saw blades I need to order tomorrow ;-))

Just got to www.mcmaster-dot-com and search on "plastic" to get "started" ;-)))))

I suggest casting your credit card in concrete first :o)))

www.mscdirect-dot-com is very similar too, but mcmaster has been my source 
these days....

Just picking the stuff up off the front porch is really nice too...

Cheers,

         Terry


At 10:55 PM 3/12/2003 -0500, you wrote:

>Why are you choosing acrylic???  Acrylic is probably the most difficult of
>all plastics to machine.  Extremely difficult.
>Unless you are experienced with maching acrylic, i would highly advise
>against it.  Polycarbonate, for example, is much more easy to
>machine than acrylic.  Also, if you are just looking for simple brackets
>etc..., Type II PVC (grey) is an EXCELLENT material.  EXTREMELY
>easy to machine, tap, drill, cut, or whatever.  And VERY inexpensive.  The
>best part about it is there is a special plastic adhesive by Loctite which
>can bond this stuff together instantly and provide an unbreakable bond.
>Very easy to just glue this stuff together to make complex brackets and more
>. . .
>
>The Captain
>
>
>
> > >Hi All,
> > >
> > >Can anyone recommend a supplier for Cast Acrylic Sheet stock...I'm
>looking
> > >for sheets about 1 inch thick for machining  several parts for one of my
> > >coils.  It's very easy to find the thin stuff but I'm not finding
>anything
> > >this thick.
> > >
> > >Thanks
> > >
> > >James
> >
> >
> >
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> >