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Cost of plexi/lexan??
jholman76:
For that you could get a router, flush trim bit, a forstner bit, and then just pay for the plexi.
Reminds me of when I got my laminate. They charged $3 per cut so I could fit it in my car. I was expecting some laser-guided 1000 tooth finishing saw.
nope. I got a table saw with probably 10 teeth rough cut and chipping on my edges. yay!
reptileink:
I kept telling them to use plexi, but they said the holes were so close together that they didn't want to risk splitting it.
I still haven't heard from them and it's almost 2pm EST. They said they would call around lunch??
Not that I am in a rush.
I hear you Jholman, but I don't posses the skills to rout out the curves and such, and like Shecky said, there is no promise I don't eff it up.
MikeDeuce:
--- Quote from: reptileink on July 09, 2010, 01:43:36 pm ---I hear you Jholman, but I don't posses the skills to rout out the curves and such, and like Shecky said, there is no promise I don't eff it up.
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I know you've already committed, but for future reference with a flush trimming bit with a bearing, you don't really need skills, just a template (which the control panel top can serve as):
My first try (from 2006, I think):
Not sure where you're at, but over here we have a place called Tap Plastics ( http://www.tapplastics.com/ ), and of the three locations I've frequented, they're just the nicest people ever. They'll give you actual price quotes on the spot, not ballpark figures, and they don't ever try to upsell... It's always about what's ideal for the use.
That said, I could see being charged $100 on the top end of the spectrum being within reason... I'd still expect them to throw in abrasion resistant polycarb at that cost though (where the materials alone at 1/8" would make up about half that cost).
reptileink:
I don't have the tools either, so by the time I go and buy them, and the materials, I'd already be at $100. I gotta call them because they close at 4:30 and it's now 2:40 and I haven't heard back.
Of course, I have a buddy who would do it free, but getting a hold of him is like asking God to come down to earth and play checkers, and I am sort of under the gun for my cookout on the 24th.
Franco B:
$100, ouch. Like the others said you can buy the tools to do it yourself for that and then you will always have the tools for future use.
Failing that, I'm sure $50 or a few beers would get hold of your friend.
I'm a bit curious to how they are going to line the holes up to match your CP?
To be honest they sound like rip off merchants who don't know what they are on about. You should use Acrylic (Plexi and not Polycarbonate (Lexan). Acrylic is harder wearing than Polycarb and will scratch less easily.
Polycarb machines easier than Acrylic but at those kind of sheet thicknesses you wouldn't really notice.