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| Thread ID: 115014 | 2010-12-28 22:52:00 | Where to get small amount of Perspex? | Agent_24 (57) | PC World Chat |
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| 1165354 | 2010-12-29 02:20:00 | Ooh... That looks quite interesting too. Have you ever made anything using that site? Not personally, but I've spoken to the founder of the company on numerous occasions at various industry events. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 1165355 | 2010-12-29 02:26:00 | It looks a bit overkill for what I want to do right now but for some other stuff I may want in the future it could be just the thing... | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1165356 | 2010-12-29 02:43:00 | There is a place by the side of Frank Allen tyres in Glen Innes. Can't remember the name of them, but the last time I went there they had loads of off cuts laying around | Phil B (648) | ||
| 1165357 | 2010-12-29 02:50:00 | I will be building a RepRap machine at the end of Jan see here (www.reprap.org) to do something similar but open source not as a business just as a hobby | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1165358 | 2010-12-29 06:36:00 | I tried to cut some 10mm plastic sheet a while back. Dunno if it was perspex or polycarb or whatever, but the stuff basically melted around the saw blade and gummed up the cut as soon as I started. By the time I'd finished the cut line I still couldn't break the two sections apart. Is there a secret to cutting this stuff? |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1165359 | 2010-12-29 06:47:00 | Ooh... That looks quite interesting too. Have you ever made anything using that site? It's very very expensive. (emphasis on the very) |
pine-o-cleen (2955) | ||
| 1165360 | 2010-12-29 06:48:00 | Circular saw works used to do it all the time, even a jigsaw at a push. The bench saw at my old joinery firm was used for cutting all sorts of plastics | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1165361 | 2010-12-29 06:48:00 | I've got perspex from a sign writing business. Most of them use it in signs and will happily sell you (or give you) a piece. | pine-o-cleen (2955) | ||
| 1165362 | 2010-12-29 07:41:00 | I tried to cut some 10mm plastic sheet a while back. Dunno if it was perspex or polycarb or whatever, but the stuff basically melted around the saw blade and gummed up the cut as soon as I started. By the time I'd finished the cut line I still couldn't break the two sections apart. Is there a secret to cutting this stuff? What were you using to cut it? I've cut some perspex before using a bandsaw (admittedly it was 6mm stuff not 10mm though) - so long as you do it slowly it's ok. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 1165363 | 2010-12-29 08:07:00 | Hi Gary.... most recent and the most helpful... Plasticraft, Parkers Road, Tahuna. The actual costs of off-cuts depends on who helps you but they are all nice guys. I cut the stuff basically on a 10" sawbench and fine patterns with a Dremel jig saw. Neither gum up the works. Router does a nice job of straight edges and easy curves. The bandsaw use is more trouble than it is worth. It fires the segments all over the shop and can gum-up the tyres on the wheels. Great fun trying to get the embedded fragments off/out of the tyres. Where possible I choose the material which comes with adhesive paper stuck to each side. Good for transfer of patterns and stops the plastic from getting scratched while being worked. Peels off easily when done. |
Scouse (83) | ||
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