Modding Acrylic Suppliers?

i need 1 sheet of fluorescent orange Acrylic sheet preferbly at 1/8" but anything will do maybe you guys could hook me up with a good size to i need it for two things window kit for an antec p180b which is gunna take up most of the window and for the front door of the case.plus any tips for cutting acrylic would be appreciated.

 

where do you live?

 

new york city thats my problem manhattan to be specific

 

I've had trouble locating decent plastic suppliers in the NYC area (Queens, to be exact) so I just resorted to online distributors. If you don't mind shopping online, check out the following links:
http://www.smallparts.com/
http://www.delviesplastics.com/
http://www.mcmaster.com/

 

and one more thing how is 1/8" for thickness?

 

I'd recommend www.delviesplastics.com and get their cast acrylic, it works way better than the extruded. For cutting, you can use a regular table saw, jig saw, etc. The cast acrylic works almost like wood and doesn't melt or anything when you cut it like the extruded does.

For a window, 1/8 inch is fine. Not sure what you're plans are for the front though.

 

idk if they would have the color your looking for but i visit this site alot to get all sorts of mod supplies you should check it out:

www.acryan.com - original site
www.performance-pcs.com - US Site

 

A few more
http://www.usplastics.com
http://www.tapplastics.com

http://www.mcmaster.com is my preferred online source. I have the benefit of being an hours drive from the Beltsville location of http://www.piedmontplastics.com and go there quite often.

And greensabbath is correct. Extruded acrylic is very brittle and hard to work with.

 

i drew up a few examples of what its gunna look like on photoshop what do you guys think?

 

I like your design. My only suggestion is to make the front plexi curve in underneath the USB port section, then it would be perfect.

 

I really like the front design the way it is. You might want to mirror the front design more on the side though by repeating the diagonal part. Just a though. The front looks really good the way it is though.

 

i didn't want to overkill it do you guys think it needs more it's looking a bit bare to me maybe some mesh or something?
and here is what it looks like the way you guys were talking about

and here are the measurements for the side can anyone see if they look accurate?

 

and i know this is a long shot but anyone know of any mod shops in New York City Manhattan preferably?

 

hey lol i know im sorta thread whoring a bit but i need 2 know this....i been asking for almost a year now and never eva goten a reply. does any1 know of any mod shops and any acrylic suppliers in south africa? preferably johannesburg.

 

Just a warning: The Antec P180 is not an easy case to add windows to because of it's sandwhich of materials.

 

I think I like your original design better (where the line on the lower right is straight down and doesn't directly follow the outer edge). Just my 2 cents.

 

I have to agree, it seems less predictable and more, uh, it just looks better.

I don't live in SA but DAE_JA_VOO does ans he got stuff from here:
http://www.prophecy.co.za/

and here:
http://www.icevision.co.za/index.php

 

does anyone have a pic of orange acrylic preferably fluorescent?

 

thanx green sabbath. will pm him

 

are those vent holes in the front? if so you will have some problems cutting it. lexan pushes like crazy when you cut that stuff.

I get all my stuff from these guys, but they are local so that probably doesn't help considering i'm in indiana.
http://www.meyerplastics.com/