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Default Cheap laser cutter plastic

On 13 Dec 2011 11:11:58 +0000 (GMT), Theo Markettos
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The nice thing about Ikea is they tell you what everything's made of, and
decent dimensions. Those look interesting, though I'm curious what
'bendable' means. Hopefully they're not floppy...


I have some -- bendable, but not floppy. Can be rolled into a 27 cm long
cylinder, but springs back, mostly, shows some creep.

You mean estate agents' boards and the like... interesting thought. We have
some foamboard (expanded polystyrene sandwiched between two flat surfaces)
that's intended for artwork mounting etc... works quite nicely but the foam
retreats back into the core around cut surfaces, so cuts aren't very rigid.


The cheap clear sheeting off a roll is PET, I think it says so on a stamped text
I wiped off. Something like 10 Euros per square meter, here.

Thomas Prufer