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For questions about working with acrylic glass such as the popular brand Plexiglass.
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Large plexiglass cylinder?
At the risk of answering a nearly closed question and related to your willingness to consider creating your own, it would appear that casting is going to be the only practical solution available, unle …
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How to Bend Tabs in Acrylic Sphere without Deforming
It's less risky than a heat gun, but a method using nichrome wire may provide a solution. Create a circle of the wire with a means to ensure the loop does not short against itself. Placing the wire on …
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How to add weights to circuit board standoffs(spacers) of a acrylic board?
For your purposes, one can expect that more weight, as low as possible, will accomplish your objective. With circuit board standoffs, you have a threaded hole at one end and a threaded stud at the oth …
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Cutting a hole in baubles
If you require a circular opening and have access to a laser cutter AND the plastic is acrylic and not polycarbonate, the baubles can be cut with the laser cutter. The edges would be polished by the l …
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How to Cut A Clean Rectangular Hole in a Plexiglass Box
For a rectangular hole, consider using a fairly small diameter drill bit, 3 mm diameter or smaller, one ideally designed for drilling acrylic. Too much pressure may crack the plastic, hence the refere …
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Trouble finding 11mm metal spacer rings
This isn't a product recommendation and a different take on the question.
The spacers appear to have been constructed from commonly available hobby tubing. Many big-box hardware stores, small-box ha …
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Are there substances used in everyday life that are suitable for polishing acrylic glass?
If you don't have a suitable abrasive substance nor wish to purchase some, you really have only toothpaste as a possible solution. Some products are not abrasive and will accomplish nothing. Some may …
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Which chemical/ substance could help make fractals in acrylic paint on glass?
My wife enjoyed the effect of acrylic paint on glass. There may be a term for the process, although it escapes my alleged mind. The technical side of this purported grey matter suggested, with limited …
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What's the name of this type of acrylic?
I did a quick search for "pearlescent acrylic sheet" and it appears there is at least one resource for this type of product. Various contours and colors are available from Acrilex and they all look qu …
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What glue should I use with acrylic and transparencies?
There are specific glues manufactured for gluing clear and colored acrylic. It is thinner than water and will spread via capillary action when used appropriately. Consider when locating and purchasing …