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What To Do With a Few Hundred Pounds of Acrylic & Plexi?

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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
I posted a gloat about a freebie score I made on enough plexi and acrylic it made my truck squat a little getting it home ( http://lumberjocks.com/topics/217610#reply-3641802 ). The pieces range from four inches square to sixteen inches square, a few inches long to four feet long, 1/8" wide to about eight inches wide. There are several colors and thicknesses.

The folks were going to trash it all and I had them just dump everything into the back of my pickup (one of those local community clean up days things). They want me to stop over and see the tubing they didn't want to just toss too.

I, now, have enough plastic to tend more than a few of my wants and needs. In fact, I find I need to come up with more wants and needs. I'm looking for ideas to use the stuff for. So far, I and others have come up with:

1) A kid starting out in wood work has enough 1/4" to make his own router bases.

2) I'll make some wide router bases with handles for avoiding tipping, such as when doing book shelves and stuff.

3) Zero clearance inserts were recommended for the band saw and table saw.

4) I'll be using some of the 1/8" stuff to add view ports [or make the existing ones longer] for my dust collection barrels under the cyclones.

5) A see-through front for chisels

6) A knock off of the see-through for chisels for my kitchen knives [in roll outs beside the stove].

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I'd use it to create kan-ban style organizers and storage devices. A long-term project that I've got in mind someday is a veneer "rack" with folding shelves that each hold a specific color or species of veneer. Clear plastic will keep it flat and allow me to see at a glance if my inventory is sufficient or not.
 
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