Is your frame tough enough for FIRST?

[vivek16]

Good way to distinguish between polycarbonate and plexiglass:

Place a corner of it on the end of a table, clamp down the other side, and have a good whack at it with a hammer (hard). If it didn't break, it was polycarbonate.

-Vivek

[R.C.]

Or try to cut it with a jig saw and if it cracks then its plexi

[AndyB]

Originally Posted by vivek16

Good way to distinguish between polycarbonate and plexiglass:

Place a corner of it on the end of a table, clamp down the other side, and have a good whack at it with a hammer (hard). If it didn't break, it was polycarbonate.

-Vivek

Haha. Real efficient Vivek... I like it.

We used acryllic as our electrical panel. We have a laser on campus that we can use to cut acrylic which takes the error out of drilling holes. We can model it up exactly as we want the board in CAD and then send it straight to the laser. We can even do etching with it if we want.