[Milsurplus] Working Plexiglass

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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:11:08 -0600
> From: "David Stinson" <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
> Subject: [Milsurplus] Working Plexiglass
> I'd like to create a Plexiglass panel, 19 inches
>  by 4.5 inches by (I guess) an eighth thick, 
> with two large holes drilled in it for mounting meters.


I've worked with a lot of Plexi-glass in my working and hobby
careers of over 40 years, one thing I would advise against is drilling
it with standard twist drills, if you do buy about 3 times as much as you
need to start with as you will break it, for sure. The bits will
grab and bust the plastic.
Go to Harbor Freight and buy a $9.99 set of Uni-Bits, or as some
call them step drills, these will not break the plastic.
A good sharp set of hole saws will do the trick for the meter holes.
Most larger cities have a business that sells plexi-glass sheet,
just search the yellow pages or Google, I've never seen anything of
the thickness you need at any of the home centers I shop at.


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