where to buy lexan sheet?

[B a r r y]

Have you tried local glass shops, home centers, or hardware stores? I bought Lexan at a local hardware store a few months back. Sign makers may also be able to help.

[Anonymoose]

I need to make a router plate and would like to do it from ~3/8 clear lexan (probably 12"x12" sheet). Anyone know somewhere in the Northern VA area that might carry it? I've found a place online

but need to save the shipping time, if I can.

[B a r r y]

Ours have it, near the screen doors in one, and near the garage doors in another.

In fact, the one thing that our Borgs don't carry is real glass.

Barry

[Anonymoose]

B a r r y wrote in news: [e-mail]:

I plan on checking glass shops - didn't think of trying a hardware store, I assumed it would be a little too esoteric for them. I'm pretty sure the Borgs don't carry that sort of thing, or at least I can't remember ever seeing it there.

[DexAZ]

Ay Nonee da Moose,

You _might_ have some luck at your local glass shop. Those places generally stock or can order lots of neat stuff that ain't glass. They might even have a nice little piece of scrap, oh say, about 12"x12" over in the trash can. Never hurts to ask!

BTW, is 3/8" thick enough for a router plate?

DexAZ

[Greg]

There used to be a place across the river in Rockville called Reed Plastics that had all that sort of stuff along with a pretty good scrap pile you could dig through cheap. I have been gone for a while so they might be gone.

[CW]

[Paul Hays]

On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 16:07:58 -0800, Anonymoose wrote (in message ):

McMasterCarr sells polycarbonate sheets, a generic equivalent to Lexan.

[doug houseman]

US Plastics (USPLASTICS.COM) sells almost anything and can get it to you next day. I have placed orders at 5PM on Monday and had them at 10AM on Tuesday. They are normally open on Saturday.

cheers

Doug

[James D. Kountz]

You have a Woodcraft store over in Springfield. They have it there. At least they did last weekend.

Jim

[leonard]

hi acme plastics on general Washington drive in Alexandria.It's right off of

95 just before the beltway in the industrial section.

[LP]

The local woodcraft here also has the black phenolic material, which is a better choice since it's less prone to sag over time. Icouldnt find it in their online catalog tho so this may be just a local thing.

For sag resistance the best is alumnum plate. A 12X12 piece can be had from

for $34.53 plus shipping. A bit more difficult to work but will last a couple of lifetimes.

[Anonymoose]

"DexAZ" wrote in news:BgR%b.10956$ [e-mail]:

I _think_ so. MLCS sells them in 1/4 and 3/8 thicknesses in their "supertuff" material, whatever that is (a clear plastic of some sort).

[Anonymoose]

"CW" wrote in news: [e-mail]:

An actual paper phone book? Do they make those anymore? :-) Netscape yellow pages gives me a lot of results and none that seem promising.

[Anonymoose]

"James D. Kountz" wrote in news:4DT%b.4027$ [e-mail]:

Excellent, was going over there today anyway.

[Anonymoose]

"leonard" wrote in news:-- [e-mail]:

Cool - that was the only hit that netscape yellow pages returned that looked promising. I think I want a piece bigger than a normal router base so I'll give them a call.

[B a r r y]

I've always had much better luck with the paper version. In fact I can't think of one time that the online yellow pages gave me a listing that wasn't in the paper version. I know of plenty that went the other way.

Barry

[Edwin Pawlowski]

I'm not so sure. I recall reading that a lot of plastics will sag over time from the eight of a router. You may want to do a little research first. If you get it cheap enough, it may be worth the experiment, but otherwise you may do as well with a commercial plate.

You may also fnd aluminum plate cheap also. Just get the hole bored and you can easily drill the rest.

[John Crea]

Try a local SIGN company, they often have scraps of acrylic/lexan/etc

John