Looking for plastic sheets

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• D Faust Posts: 608

  2007-06-08 00:18 edited 2007-06-08 00:18

  I personally do not have any experience with this, but I heard about US plastics (http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/category.asp?catalog_name=USPlastic&Category_Name=62&Page=1&clickid=topnav)
  
  Check out "building materials" (http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=649025) there are a lot of suggestions for plastics and places to get them.
  
  Hope I helped.
  
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  D Faust
• Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514

  2007-06-08 03:07 edited 2007-06-08 03:07

  McMaster-Carr carries a lot of different plastics in sheet, rod, and tube form. Unlike at some of the major plastics houses, you can order small pieces, too. Plus — at least to Washington State from their L.A. warehouse — they offer overnight shipping at ground rates. I regularly get G10 fiberglass sheets from them for routering prototype parts.
  
  -Phil
• Matt Battle Posts: 172

  2007-06-08 03:44 edited 2007-06-08 03:44

  Thanks guys for your help. I will take a look at them.
• Bruce Bates Posts: 3,045

  2007-06-08 07:04 edited 2007-06-08 07:04

  Matt -
  
  You can also check your local sign shops for scraps that they may be willing to part with at very reasonable prices. They generally just use larger pieces, and below a certain size it either sits around gathering dust or is sent to the dumpster.
  
  Regards,
  
  Bruce Bates
  
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