Where do your teams purchase your polycarbonate?

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Originally Posted by MrRoboSteve

For midwestern teams, supposedly Menards has this in the building materials area. I've never looked for it.

We have found thicker stuff locally in DC. When I was stationed in Tampa a few years ago, Home Depot stocked the thick stuff, about 3/8" thick. We bought a few sheets of the 6 mm three years ago, and still have some stock on hand.

Here is our 2012 robot at an off season event:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtHswvX3S1A

The use of the multiwall polycarbonate as both armor and billboard space is quite evident on that robot. Fastens well enough with velcro and a bolt/washer/wingnut. Tough, light, and flexible enough to take a beating. Never seen a panel break yet. We typically cut it with a jigsaw or a bandsaw. (Yes, you can use a box cutter/blade, but that is a tough way to do it.) Drills easily, although I'd not depend on the drill holes for any kind of close tolerance machining.