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Is this a good price for smoked lexan?
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tommy:

--- Quote from: nyconx on June 16, 2005, 03:04:00 pm ---I called up a local glass shop and got a quote for a piece of grey lexan for my cabinet.
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AlanS17:
Lexan makes more sense for a control panel than for a monitor shield. Unless you plan on having some ape punching your machine, you might as well get the glass. It doesn't scratch like synthetics, it doesn't dull, and it's cheaper.

I had plexi on mine, though, and it's a good thing I did. A BIG friend of mine got mad at the game and punched the screen. He shook the whole machine. Yeah I nearly bum rushed him until it occured to me that he was twice my weight. Still, he didn't play anymore after that. Ah, the joys of having a machine that lives in a frat house...
IntruderAlert:
I used to know a guy that smoked lexan
nyconx:
I actually looked into purchasing it from home depot, menards(another home store) but came up short at both places.  Only menards had it in stock only it was 1/8", and for a small piece was $36 WTF?  Then at Home depot i would have to special order the .25 inch for around $100.  Thats insane.

I did look under plastic in the phone book but nothing jumped out at me that they would offer such a thing. I guess im going to start doing a bunch of cold calling of plastic shops to find someone that can get me some.  Didnt think this would be this tough.
pogo:
Try www.professionalplastics.com.  You can get a sheet cut to the dimensions you need.

.125" thick is ~ $22
.187" thick is ~ $29
.250" thick is ~ $39

you can probably find it cheaper if you look around but I just did a quick google search.
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