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Re: Acrylic Sheets

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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery View Post
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.
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 View Post
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?
Polycarb is generally twice as expensive as acrylic.
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