Re: Plexiglass

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Original poster: "Ben McMillen by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <spoonman534-at-yahoo-dot-com>


This I will agree to.. Lexan is VERY tough.. I tried cutting some with a chop
saw about a year ago and nearly got all my fingers broken when the blade
grabbed it and pulled it up into the guard.. USE EXTREME CAUTION when working
with lexan.. it can be pretty nasty.. 

Coiling In Pittsburgh
Ben McMillen 

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>  wrote:  
> Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz " 
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> Tesla list wrote: 
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> > Original poster: "Mike Osborne by way of Terry Fritz 
> " 
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> > Ben: Have you looked under "Lexan". I think it's the same thing as 
> > plexiglass. 
> > Regards, Mike Osborne
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> As others have pointed out, Lexan is polycarbonate and not acrylic. 
> Tougher by far than acrylic, but in my experience somewhat messier to 
> work with. 
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> Ed
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