Lexan, Lucite, Plexiglass?

[Alan in Little Washington]

Does anyone have to sell or give away, or know where I can get some pieces of 1" - 2" thick polycarbonate or Plexiglass (Lexan, Lucite, Plexiglass)?

I need a couple of chunks approx 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" x 3"

 

[Sully]

Alan,

I've gotten lexan from a place in Greenville called Mercer Glass for a pretty good price. They were various offcuts and cost me approximately 1/3 of what it should have cost. Of course, the pieces I got were only 1/4-3/8" thick. I'm not sure if they have anything that thick, but it might be worth a call.

J

 

[mshel]

Alan,

Don't have any L,L,or P but I do have some HDPE or UHMW (I think it is one of those two). It is at least one inch thick and I think I have some pieces ~ 3" long. Let me know if it will work.

Mike

 

[Alan in Little Washington]

Alan,

Don't have any L,L,or P but I do have some HDPE or UHMW (I think it is one of those two). It is at least one inch thick and I think I have some pieces ~ 3" long. Let me know if it will work.

Mike

Thanks, but am looking for clear stuff.

 

[Alan in Little Washington]

Alan,

I've gotten lexan from a place in Greenville called Mercer Glass for a pretty good price. They were various offcuts and cost me approximately 1/3 of what it should have cost. Of course, the pieces I got were only 1/4-3/8" thick. I'm not sure if they have anything that thick, but it might be worth a call.

J

Thanks, I'll give them a call.

 

[Glennbear]

As Gotcha6 pointed out the other day Northern Tool has a materials division. The plastic selection is pretty big. :wsmile:

http://www.northerntool.com/affiliates/onlinemetals/

 

[fergy]

What exactly are you trying to do? Sheet stock in that thickness is like gold sometimes.

You can get cast cubes from McMaster Carr: http://www.mcmaster.com/#8680k27/=mcntb

 

[Alan in Little Washington]

What exactly are you trying to do? Sheet stock in that thickness is like gold sometimes.

You can get cast cubes from McMaster Carr: http://www.mcmaster.com/#8680k27/=mcntb

Yes! MMC starts at a $3.97 for a 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" for a cast acrylic cube. The next size up is 1-1/2" x 12" x 12" for $60!!!!!

I really only want inexpensive stuff- cutoffs/scraps- to tinker with if I can find it.

 

[fergy]

That's cheap. You seldom find drops in that size. They get turned into other things pretty fast. That price at McMaster is pretty cheap.

Do you need optically perfect pieces?

You could also get 2" cubes for $8 something and even larger ones, I think. I don't know what tooling you've got that you could use to cut that down to size. I wouldn't attack that with a standard saw. I've got a dedicated acrylic blade and a bunch of other specialty acrylic tools.

You can try any of your local acrylics places for drops, but places that deal in anything that thick are few and far between. I have a hard time finding 1" here when I need it.

 

[Alan in Little Washington]

That's cheap. You seldom find drops in that size. They get turned into other things pretty fast. That price at McMaster is pretty cheap.

Do you need optically perfect pieces?

You could also get 2" cubes for $8 something and even larger ones, I think. I don't know what tooling you've got that you could use to cut that down to size. I wouldn't attack that with a standard saw. I've got a dedicated acrylic blade and a bunch of other specialty acrylic tools.

You can try any of your local acrylics places for drops, but places that deal in anything that thick are few and far between. I have a hard time finding 1" here when I need it.

After a VERY exhaustive and fruitless web search I was eventually led back to Ebay, where I found exactly what I needed. NORVA plastics in the Tidewater area of VA is selling offcuts and has a few auctions with what I need. Their shipping is a bit high and none of what I want had a buy it now, but the auctions end in a day or so and there appears to be no interest in them at this time. If I don't win any of the auctions, I can just call them for what I need.