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Damien (not Damian)



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They're large orange handled kitchen scissors from IKEA. Are those good enough to cut it?
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You can tell the difference when you drill it... polycarb will cut easily and smoothly, but most other common plastics like that will crack around the drill hole (maybe further) and will produce fine chunks or squarf made from little bits of the original plastic.
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Sorry guys, I've been busy.

If its 3mm thick and you can cut it with sissors it ain't polycarb. I tried it the first time I brought polycarb 2 years ago and I snapped the sissors. I was cutting 1mm polycarb today with sissors and even that required some force.

And what do you mean by bending? If you are refering to putting a crease into the plastic then you will need a vice to do that with 3mm polycarb. Or a very long, narrow strip of the plastic that is shaped like a ruler.


What you have sounds very soft. It could be used for expendable armour, but I wouldn't use it for structural components.

I know, heat it up over the oven. If it bubbles before it gets floppy its polycarb.

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I tried bending it and it only cracks when you bend it the other way. I pounded it with a hammer but it only dented. It didn't crack when it was drilled. When I heated it over the oven, it bubbled. I think it's less then 3mm lexan now.
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It cracked when it bent? Did the crack appaer along the entire length all at once or did the crack slowly move accross as you bent it further?

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I started from the middle, then it slowly went to the left and right. You need to bend it in half, then bend it in half again the other way.
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Ok, I won't say it is polycarb, but I'll give it an 80% chance that it is. That way I can be wrong. Wink

Use it for armour. When you attach it do it in a way that will allow the armour to flex and make sure there is an air gap behind it so it won't flex into any thing. And follow the rest of the polycarb rules I have posted in this thread.

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Ok, I won't say it is polycarb, but I'll give it an 80% chance that it is. That way I can be wrong. Wink

Use it for armour. When you attach it do it in a way that will allow the armour to flex and make sure there is an air gap behind it so it won't flex into any thing. And follow the rest of the polycarb rules I have posted in this thread.

There's alot... and don't use gaffa it screws up the polycarb makes it brittle Laughing
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