Source of small piece of 1/4" perspex sheet

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Alan Bain - 28 Jul 2009 22:56 GMT

Does anyone know of a friendly place which might have offcuts of
1/4 inch thick perspex sheet to sell?

I need a piece from which I can cut a tiny section about 2 1/4 inches
by 3/4 inch so I don't really want to buy a whole sheet (but clearly
I expect to buy a bigger piece than I need!)

It will serve me as a lesson to inspect more carefully before the use of
degreasing solvent! The original piece was used to mount connectors
and now serves as a good demonstration of environmental stress cracking!

Alan

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Martin Whybrow - 28 Jul 2009 23:45 GMT

> Does anyone know of a friendly place which might have offcuts of
> 1/4 inch thick perspex sheet to sell?
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>
> Alan

Is the colour important? I have some grey tinted perspex which I'm fairly
sure is 6mm if that's any use. Email me if you can use some and I'll confirm
the thickness.
Martin

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Peter A Forbes - 29 Jul 2009 05:56 GMT

>Does anyone know of a friendly place which might have offcuts of
>1/4 inch thick perspex sheet to sell?
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>
>Alan

Drop me an email with your address, we have some Makrolon offcuts at the factory
that will do what you need.

Peter
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Norman Billingham - 29 Jul 2009 19:05 GMT

>>Does anyone know of a friendly place which might have offcuts of
>>1/4 inch thick perspex sheet to sell?
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> factory
> that will do what you need.

Pedantic I know, but Makrolon is polycarbonate not acrylic (Perspex) and is
much more senitive to ESC than is Perspex.

If it has to be acrylic, try a signmaking company - they often have offcuts.

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Dragon - 29 Jul 2009 20:07 GMT

>>>Does anyone know of a friendly place which might have offcuts of
>>>1/4 inch thick perspex sheet to sell?
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> If it has to be acrylic, try a signmaking company - they often have
> offcuts.

If it has to be 1/4 " clear Perspex then I can provide a bit gratis.

Henry

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Alan Bain - 31 Jul 2009 23:35 GMT

>>Does anyone know of a friendly place which might have offcuts of
>>1/4 inch thick perspex sheet to sell?

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>Drop me an email with your address, we have some Makrolon offcuts at the factory
>that will do what you need.
>
>Peter

Thanks to Peter I now have a suitable piece of material which arrived in
the mail today. Thanks to everyone who offered to help!

Alan

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themetz - 29 Jul 2009 20:57 GMT

themetz had written this in response to
http://rittercnc.com/modelengineering/Source-of-small-piece-of-1-4-perspex-sheet
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:
A good place to buy Perspex is www.theplasticshop.co.uk

Hope this helps!

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> Does anyone know of a friendly place which might have offcuts of
> 1/4 inch thick perspex sheet to sell?

> I need a piece from which I can cut a tiny section about 2 1/4 inches
> by 3/4 inch so I don't really want to buy a whole sheet (but clearly
> I expect to buy a bigger piece than I need!)

> It will serve me as a lesson to inspect more carefully before the use
> of
> degreasing solvent! The original piece was used to mount connectors
> and now serves as a good demonstration of environmental stress
> cracking!

> Alan

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Source of small piece of 1/4" perspex sheet