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Yellow Plastic?

Yellow Plastic?

Yellow Plastic?

(OP)
I am looking for a place i can purchase sheets of yellow plastic, preferably acrylic, or something that has decent amount of compression strength. Need it to be .250" thick. NOT standared 1/4 (.236) but an actual .250".

Thanks

RE: Yellow Plastic?

And Google didn't give you (literally) thousands of places to choose from?

Most places are happy to do custom orders (for the right order size), but you're going to get some variance in thickness unless you intend to pay for the exacting processes.

Last time I checked, when someone sold me plastic listed as .250" thick, it was roughly 0.250" thick (within their listed tolerances)... no one I know of considers 0.236" standard.

Dan - Owner
http://www.Hi-TecDesigns.com

RE: Yellow Plastic?


6mm = .23622ins

Harry

RE: Yellow Plastic?

Harry are you implying everywhere but the USA might have a 6mm rather than 1/4 standard thickness.   winky smile

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RE: Yellow Plastic?


Pat,

Just letting Dan know where the .236 came from as (as ye know), 6mm tends to be a std size in Metriclands.

I don't think 1/4 inch is a std thickness here in UK. Of course, given the volumes it's easy to make.

Now to answer your question: YES!!!

Cheers

Harry

RE: Yellow Plastic?

<chuckle> My last sentence should have continued with "no one I know of considers 0.236" standard for 1/4"..."

Dan - Owner
http://www.Hi-TecDesigns.com

RE: Yellow Plastic?

(OP)
i have found a lot of places (using google)that advertise '1/4"' then when i follow up, and actually contact someone, they say 'well the 1/4" is actually .236'  

RE: Yellow Plastic?

Try American manufacturers like DuPont.

To be really accurate, you might need the next thickness up then machine it to size. Cell casting or calendering processes do not hold tolerances to less than a thou or two.

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RE: Yellow Plastic?

I imagine bound's issue is finding sheets closer to 0.250" (+/- tolerance) rather than 0.236" (+/- tolerance).  The tolerancing doesn't seem to be the real issue here, just an accurate nominal figure.

Dan - Owner
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