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Old 01-27-2009, 06:15 PM
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Nice thing about going with a plastic shop is that most can cut the acrylic for you and then ship it. As for tube it's harder to find but keep phoning around, out here my experience is that you can't buy tube pre cut you have to buy the length.

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Old 01-27-2009, 06:54 PM
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Finally! LOL this thread is 2 months old...

Thanks, I appreciate the replies... I never though of the yellow pages, DUH! I will ask sphelps, he does live in Saskatoon which is only 5 hours away.
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Old 01-28-2009, 04:12 AM
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I used to play around with acrylics back in the 80's so my memory might be off but for solvent I used methylene chloride which is also known as dichloro methane. At that time I worked at a lab so I always had it handy. For uneven joints I used to take the cuttings from my jigsaw (the powdered acrylic) and disolve it in a small bottle of solvent, the more you add the thicker the solution. It also dries completely clear, no need to purchase glues of varying consistency, just make your own
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