Perspex or poly carb – best to use?

[Rodney Gold]

Extruded perspex is fine , there is no call for polycarb unless you need it to be somewhat vandal and impact resistant

[David Rogers]

Go for perspex (acrylic) – if you go for cast (not that much dearer) it drills & polishes much easier.

Also more scratch resistant than polycarb.

[Robert Lambie]

is it a clear panel on metal locators?

why not use laminate or toughend glass? finish is always better i think…

[Jon Stephens]

Thanks Guys !!

Glass sounds good as we have a glass shop on the same estate.

Any issues with safety having it about 2m of the ground ?

Also, any suppliers of the perspexs ?

I have tried europoint, but no luck …

Thanks

Jon

[Robert Berwick]

Perspex have an arm that seems to sell to the trade rather than wholesalers. We have used them for a few bits.

Here’s their website.

Regards

Robert

[Jon Stephens]

Thanks comeonulinnets

I’ll have a look !

[Neil Churchman]

At that size I would agree with Robert and use toughened glass mounted on Fairfield 25mm stand-off locators.

8mm thick glass should do the trick, may be more expensive than acrylic, and there are the advantages of no static and it’s more scratch resistant.