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| Brax:
Lucite is acrylic (Plexiglass) Lucite-Tuf is Polycarbonate (Lexan) |
| Dr. J:
This may be simply because my technique got better working with this stuff, but my first attempt was with the lucite-tuf (100X glass in brown paper protective coating) and I cracked that one all over the place. I've had the best luck with the regular lucite (10X glass in blue plastic coating). I'm not sure if it's because it gives a little more and is less rigid or what. It seems counter-intuitive, but that's been my experiance. Again, it is probably just because my working technique got better. |
| bionicbadger:
I just assumed that lucite was just a different brand name for the same thing, and since thats what the local home depot carried (no lexan), thats what I used. I used lucite tuf with no problems, other than a tiny crack when using a jigsaw the first time I cut it. Once I switched to using the table saw, it cut much smoother and I havent seen a crack since. I used it for my marquee and control panel, and just finished a dance pad with lucite tuf for the arrows and I can jump up and down on the stuff without it cracking. The only reason I picked lucite tuf was because the store didn't stock the regular lucite in the thickness I wanted. |
| grafixmonkey:
I want a giant laser beam. All this cutting would be so much easier! That and I could have the FULL Tron experience! Lose the game and you get de-rezzed! |
| AlanS17:
Well that's the stuff covered in pink film that they sell at HD? (OT: It sad that we all know what "HD" means...) It's a mid-grade between plexi and lexan. The plexi is blue, then there's the stuff in pink, and then lexan is in green. I have the pink stuff.... |
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