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Default Strong insulating (electrical) sheet material.

On 16/04/2019 15:03, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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newshound wrote:
At 5mm thickness and that sort of size cadging an offcut of Perspex from
your local shop sign makers would be one possibility.

The devil is in the detail so more info would help.


Perspex is a bit brittle. Nylon is tougher but may "creep" if the load
is continous. How much does that matter?


My material of choice would be tufnol


A buy it now of this


https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/tufnol-sh...UAAOSwcOlal-zV


Tufnol. The name I couldn't remember, thanks. Was hoping I could pop out
and pick some up today, though.


Perhaps a thin cutting board from a cooking shop?


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