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stretch33

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Anyone know where l can find a supplier to have wash boards cut around the East Coast, got to be fairly robust, think current wooden boards are two 12mm ply glued together.
Cheers Phil

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Phil, There's a sign Company on the industrial Estate as you go out of Colchester on the Maldon Road that used to supply Perspex etc. The Owner was a yachtie till he took up Flying....but I can't remember Name....Put it down to a Wogan moment.
Regards Tony W.

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Precision plastics, Colchester. Located at the back of an industial estate off what was many years ago the by-pass, not a million miles from the station. If they are still there.

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I should try a local sign co. you should be able to get some polycarb offcuts, will be a lot cheaper than a full or part sheet!




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Are you contemplating 24mm of perspex? My guess is that would be rather heavy and expensive and virtually impossible to find. If its to fit a channel that thickness, have you thought about thinner perspex in thicker edging (wood or strips of perspex stuck to the edge?)

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Polycarbinate, i.e Lexan, is a better a better option than Perspex. If you hit perspex it has a tendancy to shatter, with Polycarb you can hit it with a hammer without damage, material they laminate to make bullet proof glass. It's about the same price, and machines a lot easier.


Brian

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Whilst what you say is correct, it is also fair to say that polycarbonate is much more prone to scratching than perspex.

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