Best source for clear cast acrylic?

[Keith Upton]

Just wanted to post and update to this. So far in my search Calsak Plastics has the best prices. They do have a $25 per order cut fee, but offered to wave that if I purchase 5 or more full sheets... or once I establish my self as a repeat customer. Even with the fee, they are several dollars cheaper per 12x24 sheet across the board. And compared to where I was buying before, nearly half the price

Thanks to everyone that offered up sources.

[Larry Bratton]

I buy one sheet at a time with no cut charge. However, I am a regular customer of the Atlanta branch. Probably a local branch policy your running into.

Just wanted to post and update to this. So far in my search Calsak Plastics has the best prices. They do have a $25 per order cut fee, but offered to wave that if I purchase 5 or more full sheets... or once I establish my self as a repeat customer. Even with the fee, they are several dollars cheaper per 12x24 sheet across the board. And compared to where I was buying before, nearly half the price

Thanks to everyone that offered up sources.

[Ed Maloney]

I use eStreet plastics for 1/8" cast because of their fast delivery. I use Delvies for 1/16" cast (eStreet only carries extruded in 1.5mm).

[Edward Oleen]

Update on sources of PMMA:

I went around to three glazing places, and found all three very welcoming when I explained that I was a woodworker who could use some scraps. Two places pointed me at the scrap bin.

The third said he had just sent his scrap off to the recycler/scrap dealer/junk man/garbage collector the previous day, and then offered to CREATE some "scrap" for me...

Since I had what I needed at the moment, I thanked him profusely and said I'd be back. He insisted on getting my name and phone number and details on what I was looking for, and promised to call me next week, when he'd be doing a job with PMMA...

I hate to say it, but why spend money?????

[Keith Upton]

Update on sources of PMMA:

I went around to three glazing places, and found all three very welcoming when I explained that I was a woodworker who could use some scraps. Two places pointed me at the scrap bin.

The third said he had just sent his scrap off to the recycler/scrap dealer/junk man/garbage collector the previous day, and then offered to CREATE some "scrap" for me...

Since I had what I needed at the moment, I thanked him profusely and said I'd be back. He insisted on getting my name and phone number and details on what I was looking for, and promised to call me next week, when he'd be doing a job with PMMA...

I hate to say it, but why spend money?????

Sorry, but what is PMMA?

[Guy Hilliard]

P(oly) M(ethyl) M(eth)A(crylate) is acrylic.

[Keith Upton]

Thanks. We need an acronym modification on this site. lol

[Edward Oleen]

Sorry for the jargon. PMMA is the short-hand for Poly Methyl MethAcrylate, which is the generic (chemical) name for Lucite, Plexiglas, and Acrylite. The same stuff is called Perspex in England.

Of course, nobody really calls it that in the glaziers shops.

This is opposed to polycarbonate, which goes under the trade names Lexan, Makrolon, and Macroclear, as well as several others. PC is actually a group of compounds all with very similar characteristics.