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Message #04748



To: "Beam Mailing List" beam@corp.sgi.com
From: "Slip" jlk@innernet.net
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 20:05:30 -0400
Subject: [alt-beam] Summary of various plastics.


I'v been collecting these posts and just thought I'd put them into a single
message to make things easier. Here are the materials which look to be
usable for prototyping:

-Carbon Fiber(a bit rough to work with though)
-Lucite, aka plexiglass
-Acrylic-stuff that fishtanks are made of and can be found at hardware
stores
-Expanded PVC or Foamboard
-Plastistruct-similar to Foamboard
-FRP(fiber reenforced panel?)-my dad told me about this one. He said it's
used on walk-in freezer walls

Thanks for all the responses everyone! I'v learned that there's a local
plastics plant a very short drive from here. If the list is interested I can
go down there and make up an in-depth price-vs-quality article. Maybe it
could be put into a FAQ somewhere.

-Jamie


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