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In Denver the is a group to join that teaches you and lets you use their equipment. http://www.clubworkshop.com/ There may be other similar organizations in other cities. Art

Michael: Besides being way over priced, Monster is a great example of corporate greed. Save yourself some money. Support an honest company. ...

Can you import a Corel file? Or what kinds of file can you import or use. What is a ptl file?

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A supplier of mine used to use nitrogen air assist when cutting white 1/8" ABS. We were very picky about edge appearance.

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Plastic extrusion dies are not that expensive. Small plastics companies can make it from your design and do small runs of plastic rods or tubes. Probably even slice it if needed. Art

A company I used to work for bonded two sheets of 2" acrylic together for glove boxes for the DOE. Two part clear acrylic polymer, vacuum after mixing. Lay it down very slowly while pumping mix...

I work in retail furniture. Memorial Day and Labor Day are the two big weekends of the year. Both were okay but down by a 1/3 over last year. Now, there is decent traffic on the weekends, but...

practice, practice, practice helps a lot.
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My old supplier used to use nitrogen for air assist, cutting white ABS. Not perfect but not bad edges. Just a thought.
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PVA (polyvinylalcohol) is used in plastics as a seperater layer in casting molds and fiberglass molds. It is just sprayed on with a mist bottle, and forms a thin skin, when it drys. I may do what...

We used to use a pair of polorized filters to see stress crazing. Works very well.
And, there ain't no gasoline in DNA.

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Correction, search threads for Rodne Gold.

Look at the old threads. Start up has been discussed a lot. Look for Rodney Gold. He has a lot of very good advice.

Or just cut them out of lead sheet or bar. Coat them.
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cast some lead in a plaster mold? Make a wax carving, cast it in plaster, one side open, melt the lead with torch (good ventilation), pore the lead, cool, dip it in urathane varnish or vinyl coating...

I got the same warning message. But all looks fine.
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Opens fine in v11. Looks fine at x400.
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I built a clock kit that was obviously laser cut, from baltic birch plywood. The gear teeth had to be lightly sanded, per the instructions, to smooth out the movement. Somewhat time consuming but...

PVC is polyVINYLchloride. Vinyl is just the shortened name. Art

Pictures would be good.
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If you want to use synthetic leather like materials, pleather, know what they are. Some is polyurathane, which should be okay, but some is vinyl, which is PVC, a no-no. Durahide brand should be...

I think it's AcrylonitrileButadineStyrene. Spelling is questionable. Not that it matters, it has nothing to do with PVC.

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ABS is not PVC

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10 to 1, PVC, although it could be polyurethane (also called pleather).
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That's amazing safety technology! Just a nick on the hot dog.

When I was in plastics, we used an overhead or panel saw on three rails. The acrylic (or what ever) was clamped tight on the table...