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Originally Posted by sanddrag
Acrylic and Polycarbonate (Lexan) are two very different materials, and bend in very different ways. For acrylic, this technique works very well. However, acrylic is brittle and prone to cracking, and I cannot think of any application where it would be suitable in an FRC robot.
Polycarbonate on the other hand is very resilient. We simply bend it on a sheet metal brake, cold, just as you would metal, and it comes out great. You just have to overbend to compensate for the spring back.
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Excellent! We'll bring a sheet metal brake with us to our next competition
I never use set screws to transfer torque. Something about evil spirits or whatever. - Mark Sheridan [more] 
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