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what all do you use to glue it together?
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The ArchTaib said:what to glue it together?
i have a bottle of something called "dichloromethane" or "methylene cloride" lyring around here somewhere. it's great stuff. really thin... about 10 times thinner than water, it melts the plexi along the edges to be bonded into a nearly invisible seam. be careful though.. it's nasty stuff for the fumes and it eats anything plastic in a heatbeat. i use a glass and steel syringe to apply the liquid to the seam.
*assemble it, tape it together, hold it tight, put a few SMALL drops in one corner, then turn the project so the liquid runs down the seam*
ding plexi's done.
i don't know how it works for lexan though.
1/4" or 3/8" are ideal for case construction. If you're just doing a window, 1/8" will be fine.klath said:Is there any reason I should go for the 1/4" polycarbonate instead of the .188" one?
1/4" seems VERY thick to me and I have been looking at some thicknesses of pre-installed windows from my friends' computers, and they are all about 1/8" thick acrylic. With polycarbonate being stronger than acrylic, it seems to me .188" should be enough for anything minus deep etching.
With plastics the build-up isn't strong enough to damage anything. And besides, if you're mounting a PSU in the case or wiring the parts for electricity, all of the static will be grounded.ivanchu02 said:noob question - why arent you guys afraid of the electrostatic build up on acrylic and polycarbonate