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Topic: | Anyone know an inexpensive source for plexiglass? This thread has 18 replies. Displaying posts 1 through 15. |
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Post 1 made on Thursday September 8, 2016 at 20:05 |
Fins Elite Member |
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I need some pieces to build a money machine.
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Post 2 made on Thursday September 8, 2016 at 20:08 |
fcwilt Senior Member |
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Hi, What do you consider inexpensive? Search on "acrylic sheet" and you will get all kinds of hits. Example: http://www.eplastics.com/Frederick
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Regards, Frederick C. Wilt |
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OP | Post 3 made on Thursday September 8, 2016 at 20:38 |
Fins Elite Member |
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I need four pieces, 30" wide and 5' to 6' tall. I could get by with three pieces. Wish I could find it for about $100 for all of it. I might could get by with 48" tall.
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Post 4 made on Thursday September 8, 2016 at 20:57 |
kgossen Super Member |
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We have a place here call Industrial Plastics that have branches all over. Any size of plexi you could want. Don't know if they're in the US.
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OP | Post 5 made on Thursday September 8, 2016 at 21:14 |
Fins Elite Member |
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On September 8, 2016 at 20:57, kgossen said...
We have a place here call Industrial Plastics that have branches all over. Any size of plexi you could want. Don't know if they're in the US. I'm not familiar with them if they are. The big box hardware stores have some selection, but it's very expensive.
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Post 6 made on Thursday September 8, 2016 at 22:11 |
fcwilt Senior Member |
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On September 8, 2016 at 20:38, Fins said...
I need four pieces, 30" wide and 5' to 6' tall. I could get by with three pieces. Wish I could find it for about $100 for all of it. I might could get by with 48" tall. How thick? I don't think $100 is going to be possible. Frederick
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OP | Post 7 made on Thursday September 8, 2016 at 22:18 |
Fins Elite Member |
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It doesn't have to be thick, but I do need something durable. It's for my son's scout pack. We don't have a huge budget for stuff like this. I may have to buy the materials myself and donate it. Basically, I'm trying to build this, but painted to look like a popcorn popper |
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Post 8 made on Thursday September 8, 2016 at 22:41 |
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Post 9 made on Thursday September 8, 2016 at 23:02 |
fcwilt Senior Member |
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Hi, Going with .080 x 30" x 60" three sheets is $127. Going with .062 x 30" x 60" three sheets is $98. But those are pretty thin. http://www.professionalplastics.com/Frederick
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Regards, Frederick C. Wilt |
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Post 10 made on Friday September 9, 2016 at 09:19 |
Fred Harding Super Member |
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what about using a garment storage bag?
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OP | Post 11 made on Friday September 9, 2016 at 09:34 |
Fins Elite Member |
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On September 9, 2016 at 09:19, Fred Harding said...
what about using a garment storage bag? That might work. I'd probably need about 4 of them to cut up.
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Post 12 made on Friday September 9, 2016 at 11:31 |
PatMac Long Time Member |
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We used to get plexiglass very cheap for the CRT projection TVs from the local glass/window replacement company. The few TVs that had a protective sheet over the lenticular and fresnel screens were salvagable. Anyway...the local glass people would custom cut and deliver the screens for a very reasonable price. This was 9-10 years ago, so I don't remember the amount.
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Post 13 made on Friday September 9, 2016 at 11:56 |
Is it a one-off single use? Could you use heavy mill cling wrap like they use to wrap pallets? It's close to transparent when stretched tight. Stretch 3 static sides and make a door frame for the back. Decorate and done
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OP | Post 14 made on Friday September 9, 2016 at 12:11 |
Fins Elite Member |
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On September 9, 2016 at 11:56, SammPX said...
Is it a one-off single use? Could you use heavy mill cling wrap like they use to wrap pallets? It's close to transparent when stretched tight. Stretch 3 static sides and make a door frame for the back. Decorate and done No, I want this to be reusable. Probably use it every week during our popcorn sales period, and then may use it for other events from time to time.
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Post 15 made on Friday September 9, 2016 at 16:07 |
Rob Grabon Founding Member |
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shower curtain?
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