Looking for Acrylic Sheets

[manggyver]

Am beginning to love acrylic in most of my projects, whether at home or at place of work. Downside, a little bit pricey. Sample of price/size i got from the field as ff:

Thickness / Width / Length...... Clear or White / Colored
1/6 x 4 x 6.... Php 1,716/Php 2,028
1/8 x 4 x 8.... 3,000/3,300
3/16 x 4 x 8.... 4,400/4,900

2mm x 4 x 6.... 1,794/2,106

Anybody there who can direct me to a better supplier?? Thanks.

[bluecollar]

modern art
tel. no. 7247607
Look for Noela

[manggyver]

modern art
tel. no. 7247607
Look for Noela

Thank you. I will check them out. I will also post there prices if they are better.

[guad]

Where did those prices come from?

How about Manila Acrylic Center, 241-0669. Can you post their prices if they are lower?

Is a special drill bit needed?

[manggyver]

Where did those prices come from?

How about Manila Acrylic Center, 241-0669. Can you post their prices if they are lower?

Is a special drill bit needed?

Prices quoted above came from AU Construction. I will make comparisons, will check them later. Am using a uni-bit or step-drill bit.

Check this site to convert regular bits for plastics or acrylics.
http://www.hawkfish.org/snailman/acrdrill.htm

[SaintMaker]

I want to engage to acrylic too. Have you been bending acrylic? How do you do it and tool do you use.

[B2Bomber]

OT:
I want to engage to acrylic too. Have you been bending acrylic? How do you do it and tool do you use.


heat gun and some sort of a clamping jig. you might want to search for more of this, particularly the proper heating tool, be it DIY or not, if you're looking at bending wider pieces. as this would ensure even heat where you want it to bend as compared to multiple passes of a heat gun.

HTH

BTT:
in my area I source out acrylic sheets from my local Aguila Autoglass shop. If i'm lucky they might have a cut sheet close to the dimensions I need already, saves the hassle of having to buy the whole sheet.

HTH

[ossie]

im using my magic lamp (denatured alcohol-remember our laboratory subjects) on bending small piece of acrylic.

with wider/long pieces of acrylic, im using my DIY acrylic bender (nichrome wire).

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e98/jersey--/Case%20Modding/JayCee/lampara.jpg

and for cheaper way of smoothing the acrylic edges, im using 3M rubbing compound. a small amount with small piece of cloth will do the trick :)

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e98/jersey--/Case%20Modding/JayCee/DSC03663.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e98/jersey--/Case%20Modding/JayCee/DSC03665.jpg

[moji]

Do you have pics of your DIY acrylic bender?

[ossie]

hehe i think we are OT na and i think gawa tayo ng bagong thread all about Acrylics hehe pero post ko na din sir Moji, just taken minutes ago.

rev.2, need to revised again, medyo nai-narrow ko masyado yung opening at ibabalik ko ulit yung heat resistant mdf (forgot the name of the board). im using micca on that picture. plus the plug :D

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e98/jersey--/Others/DSC03681.jpg