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| RandyT:
--- Quote from: romid on February 10, 2003, 02:24:07 pm ---How about everyone else? What thickness plexiglass did you all use? --- End quote --- 1/4" The stuff is priced by volume, so 1/4" is going to cost more. I paid $24 cut right to size for me (lazy :)) Just look in the phone book under "plastics". RandyT |
| romid:
the area that my plexiglass will need to cover is about 2.5 feet by 2 feet-- it seems to me that if i put in 1/4 inch thick plexiglass, someone can just push the middle of it and it will fall through...How are you guys dealing with making sure it stays in place? |
| RandyT:
--- Quote from: romid on February 10, 2003, 02:57:43 pm ---the area that my plexiglass will need to cover is about 2.5 feet by 2 feet-- it seems to me that if i put in 1/4 inch thick plexiglass, someone can just push the middle of it and it will fall through...How are you guys dealing with making sure it stays in place? --- End quote --- I'm guessing you don't have much experience with plexi ;) 1/4" doesn't flex much at all. It's a pretty hard material, which means it can shatter, but it also means it's rigid. The piece I used was 2x2, and hardly moves when pushed on. If you had a 1/4" deep slot on both sides of the material, you have to bend it so far to pop it out that it would probably break first. But to be safe, hold it by 3/8" on a side, given the extra width. Now, 1/8" is a different story. A backer of some sort is probably in order for this thickness. RandyT |
| DJ Gary-N:
I'm Using a 1/4" thick 24" x 24" piece of smoked lexan instead of plexiglass for my MP3 jukebox (Virtual Jukebox)(Another Plug) in front of a LCD flat screen monitor. and it makes a big difference. Cuts glare down damaticly. However lexan does cost more. about $40.00 for the sheet I bought (That's including cutting it to size) Lexan is tougher and more resistant to cracking. You can make 90 degree bends in it with a sheetmetal brake without it breaking. If you heat up Lexan, you can even bent it entirely in half without it breaking. |
| bionicbadger:
How does the smoked plexi/lexan look with vector games? Is it too dark? Usually the vector games are pretty dim for me, and I'm worried if I go with something like this it will be even worse... |
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