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aokweld101
02-10-2015, 07:31 AM
I have been surfing the web for a way to save cost of making a lithophane home depot has a white acyclic 48" x 96" X .118 if you make the depth .111 and the height 450 it would seem that it would turn out the same as as a .25 thick piece has any body tried this ?

lynnfrwd
02-10-2015, 07:45 AM
I haven't. Seems leaving .007 would be too thin and break.

aokweld101
02-10-2015, 07:52 AM
Then if using this what might you use to the settings to make it work ??

bergerud
02-10-2015, 08:09 AM
Remember - cast acrylic, not extruded.

aokweld101
02-10-2015, 08:54 AM
Dan this is the specications for this material..would it still work and if it does what depth and height would I use ?

bergerud
02-10-2015, 09:04 AM
If it does not say cast, I doubt it is. Extruded stuff can melt. It can stick to and plug up the bit. For sake of lithophane contrast, I think you would want something thicker as well.

aokweld101
02-10-2015, 09:18 AM
Thanks Dan, its funny that .007 would matter that much it might make a big difference in the lighting.

bergerud
02-10-2015, 10:31 AM
I think you want something closer to 1/4" not 1/8". I am no lithophane expert but 1/8" does not leave much for depth variation.

CarverJerry
02-10-2015, 10:43 AM
I have done several lithos and if it were me I would keep looking, I wouldn't use anything less than .250" thick and if it's not corrian make certain it is "CAST" like everyone has been saying. Acrylic is good to use, it's less expensive than corrian but cast is really important as the extruded acrylic gets hot, melts and sticks to the cutting bit.

ktjwilliams
02-10-2015, 01:44 PM
Some new tips for me to put in my memory bank ... Thx Dan N Jerry

aokweld101
02-19-2015, 07:45 AM
found another link for buying acrylic sheets.

aokweld101
02-19-2015, 07:52 AM
I could'nt delete the last post, wrong snip, here is the one I wanted you to see..

bergerud
02-19-2015, 08:27 AM
That looks like the right stuff. 6 mm thick is only slightly less than 1/4". I wonder if a sightly off white color might be nice.

Mike1
02-19-2015, 10:22 AM
The material I have been using is 6mm. I use 125depth and 450height for my settings. Works just fine.

myshop1044
02-19-2015, 10:51 AM
Try this fellow, I did and they were reasonable,'SanJac-Stuff' (http://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0SO8y5cEuZUw6sAlqdXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTEzbGppZHR yBGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwM0BHZ0aWQDVklQNTMxXzEEc2VjA3Ny/RV=2/RE=1424392925/RO=10/RU=http%3a%2f%2fsanjac-stuff.com%2fblog.aspx/RK=0/RS=Jrp9vY23g6IEez90qkrvU2IPIkc-), no sheet but good corian