Types of plastics

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Types of plastics

Post by coolprize » Wed Mar 30, 2011 12:21 pm

what types of plastic do you guys use for your portables/other projects (example: a psp case mod)

Also what thickness?
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Re: Types of plastics

Post by ThePortablizer » Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:11 pm

polystyrene

or

ABS

a good thickness is around 3 millimetres
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Re: Types of plastics

Post by coolprize » Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:21 pm

ThePortablizer wrote:polystyrene

or

ABS

a good thickness is around 3 millimetres
thank you I appreciate the reply.

another thing, I actually just noticed that there is already threads asking the same thing, and theres even a stickied thread. Which I read through and was very useful.

I posted this in a hurry, and wasnt really looking around the board.

haha hey it happens.

but anyway, thanks brah.
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Re: Types of plastics

Post by jdmlight » Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:05 pm

coolprize wrote:
ThePortablizer wrote:polystyrene

or

ABS

a good thickness is around 3 millimetres
thank you I appreciate the reply.

another thing, I actually just noticed that there is already threads asking the same thing, and theres even a stickied thread. Which I read through and was very useful.

I posted this in a hurry, and wasnt really looking around the board.

haha hey it happens.

but anyway, thanks brah.
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