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Re: [Shop-talk] Source of special plexiglass

To: eric@megageek.com
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Source of special plexiglass
From: Dave Cavanaugh <cavanadd@frontier.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 19:04:03 -0700
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I agree polycarbonate is probably what you need. I would check with my 
local full service glass place; they may give you a piece since what you 
need is essentially a scrap.

On 4/25/2016 5:00 AM, Jeff Scarbrough wrote:
> I've used Interstate Plastics in the past for various things.  Looks
> like this might work, although my connection is too slow this morning
> to get a price:
>
> https://www.interstateplastics.com/Acrylic-Cear-Bullet-Resistant-Sar-level-1-Sheet-ACRE1CPSHdead.php
>
> Jeff Scarbrough
> Corrosion Acres, Ga.
>
> On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 6:51 PM,  <eric@megageek.com> wrote:
>> I have a soda machine that I'm about to put back in service after restoring
>> it.  It will be out in the general public.
>>
>> The last piece I need is a small (about 1" high by 5" wide) piece of
>> plexiglass that is 'vandal proof' (or whatever term they use.)
>>
>> This will cover the LED readout, so it needs to be semi-clear.  If you look
>> at any modern vending machine, they all have them.  Most a tinted 'blueish'
>>
>> Then I need to glue it to the plastic frame (this is how the original one
>> was done.
>>
>> Two questions...
>>
>> Where can plexiglass, and what type of glue (and source) do I use?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Sent from my Commodore 64 on a 2400 Baud Modem.
>> Eric P
>> "Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational
>> being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory." Ralph Waldo
>> Emerson
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