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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

HOW TO: Save yourself thousand$ with $2.38

Erik Bien said:
Plexiglas is acrylic (brittle, better at resisting scratches, more easily thermo-formed and "welded" with solvent adhesives such as methyl chloride), Lexan is polycarbonate (slightly rubbery, better at resisting impacts).

Polycarbonate is generally the preferred choice for things like race car windshields and bulletproof glass.
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Wouldn't then the perfect protector be made of layered Lexan (to protect against impacts) covered on the outside with plexi (to protect against scatches)? Should still be cheap and not so thick...
 
Since my DIY project of turning my closet into a lockable safe to store my equipment is still not done, I guess I'm not a DIY person. More like, DIFM (Do It For Me).

Maybe someone can make more (glare free, please) and I'll buy it from you! :)
 
Mike Prevette said:
"I'M NOT TOUCHING YOU"

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I'll try some double stick tomorrow, I was out of it at home today. The velcro/plexi on some monitors always bugged me for some reason. It always seemed to make things to thick, or let schmutz get in between the two. Gaffers tape really comes off almost as quick as Velcro. And I get to tape things :)
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Interesting key... :whistling:
 
volvo wagon. I'm the only single guy in the world with one.
 
plexi vs lexan

plexi vs lexan

Finner said:
Does anyone know the pros/cons of plexi VS lexan?
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Plexi tends to be clearer - lexan usually has a bit of a tint to it, although probably not much in the thin stuff - but plexi is also pretty brittle and likely to crack, lexan has more "plasticity" and is a lot less likely to crack.

BTW
Plexiglas is a registered trademark for acrylic
Lexan is a registered trademark for polycarbonate

The generics stuff should work just as well.
 
Maybe this threat could be a nice start for people sharing their "how to build things on the cheap" kind of stuff. Sometimes it is just fun to make these things. I once made this "steady stick with weights" that I saw on the interent for an HDV camera. I spent 15$ buying things from Chinatown. Made it, try it, put it in the closet and never used it again...

Any ideas for the "home Depot' Kino? I tried to search for the electronic ballast they used to sell very cheap with no luck.... :help:

Thanks
 
Mike Prevette said:
"I'M NOT TOUCHING YOU"

IMG_5316_s.jpg


I'll try some double stick tomorrow, I was out of it at home today. The velcro/plexi on some monitors always bugged me for some reason. It always seemed to make things to thick, or let schmutz get in between the two. Gaffers tape really comes off almost as quick as Velcro. And I get to tape things :)
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You used to be able to get spray cans of the adhesive they use on Post It notes, so you can make just about anything into a Post It note. I used to use it for temporarily sticking engraved plastic labels onto equipment. As long as the surface is clean and dry, they held on very well and the labels could be removed and replaced many times without deterioration of the stickiness.

You could mask off the center of your pieces of Lexan with a piece of paper so the spray would only hit the outer border.

The only problem is that I don't know where the spray was bought from. It was just on a shelf at a place where I worked about 15 years ago. It was 3M brand, but that's all I remember.

I can tell you another "miracle" naterial that's even cheaper than Lexan: Laminating film, run through the laminator with no paper in it!
Apart from making great emergency shims and drink coasters, triangular cutoffs make fantastic toothpicks, for the really stubborn bits of gristle that wooden toothpicks just can't deal with.:)
Actually I was wondering how it would go if you laminated some pieces of ND gel to make outdoor glare filters.
It's a shame they make the sample swatch books so small these days:shifty:
 
super 77 or PhotoMount is the 3M adhesive you speak of.
 
made one weeks ago, works like a charm, even made them for the 22in LCD screens for on set viewing...
 
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