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Re: Acrylic Sheets
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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery
I can think of more than a few roles where acrylic would be suitably strong, such as concealed ball hoppers/dividers or decal backing. Just never use it for anything structural or might otherwise take any shock loads.
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We have had decal backing shattered by another robot. Shards of plastic in your robot can be bad.
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Originally Posted by Pikat
They're really close in price though, if I remember correctly, so wouldn't you go for polycarbonate just because it won't shatter on you?
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Polycarb is generally twice as expensive as acrylic.
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