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ANNOUNCE: Cut to size Starboard and plastics fabrication
In Tampa Florida http://www.plasticsamerica.com/Produ...ine/Marine.htm
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ANNOUNCE: Cut to size Starboard and plastics fabrication
Just a note to say that I dropped them a line to ask about my needs for a
battery box, and Dave was all over me with info, quotes, availability, and followup. Further conversation revealed this to be a shirtsleeve operation where drop-ins are welcomed and encouraged, but still a full service shop, with plastics welder on staff, etc. If their service is like their followup, this is a good place to give your business in the Tampa Bay area. I'll not be back on the boat for several months, but when I'm there, I'm headed their way... L8R Skip, in shoulder rehab, then back to the refit! See my ad for refrigeration... -- Morgan 461 #2 SV Flying Pig http://tinyurl.com/384p2 The vessel as Tehamana, as we bought her "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain "Dave" wrote in message news:zzObf.3920$Bx.590@trnddc01... In Tampa Florida http://www.plasticsamerica.com/Produ...ine/Marine.htm You don't have to buy a whole sheet. Stop in and see us. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- rec.boats.marketplace is a moderated newsgroup. See rules and legal disclaimer at http://www.algebra.com/rbm .. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- rec.boats.marketplace is a moderated newsgroup. See rules and legal disclaimer at http://www.algebra.com/rbm |
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ANNOUNCE: Cut to size Starboard and plastics fabrication
Skip Gundlach wrote:
Just a note to say that I dropped them a line to ask about my needs for a battery box, and Dave was all over me with info, quotes, availability, and followup. Further conversation revealed this to be a shirtsleeve operation where drop-ins are welcomed and encouraged, but still a full service shop, with plastics welder on staff, etc. If their service is like their followup, this is a good place to give your business in the Tampa Bay area. I'll not be back on the boat for several months, but when I'm there, I'm headed their way... L8R Skip, in shoulder rehab, then back to the refit! See my ad for refrigeration... Thanks so much, Skip. It's true. This is an old school operation when it comes to attitude. If I had a pickle barrel and a checker board, I'd set it up in the showroom just for a chance to hang out with the guys. I don't have a pickle barrel but if you drop in, I have all the free fresh popped popcorn you'd care to eat. We old fashioned but not when it comes to skill. We have a 60 x 96 CNC controller router that's always hungry. When you get down this way, stop in and say hello. The popcorn's on me. (I may even throw in a free soda) -- Dave Modisette Plastics America, Inc. www.plasticsamerica.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- rec.boats.marketplace is a moderated newsgroup. See rules and legal disclaimer at http://www.algebra.com/rbm |
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ANNOUNCE: Cut to size Starboard and plastics fabrication
On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 16:57:28 GMT, Dave
wrote: We old fashioned but not when it comes to skill. We have a 60 x 96 CNC controller router that's always hungry. When you get down this way, stop in and say hello. The popcorn's on me. (I may even throw in a free soda) -- Dave Modisette Plastics America, Inc. www.plasticsamerica.com ================================= Dave, Maybe you can help me out with your plastics expertise. I'm looking for some 4 x 8 polycarbonate (Lexan) sheets that I can use for storm shutters over some windows on my house. Is there any particular type that you would recommend (or not), and what would be a good source? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- rec.boats.marketplace is a moderated newsgroup. See rules and legal disclaimer at http://www.algebra.com/rbm |
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ANNOUNCE: Cut to size Starboard and plastics fabrication
Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 16:57:28 GMT, Dave wrote: We old fashioned but not when it comes to skill. We have a 60 x 96 CNC controller router that's always hungry. When you get down this way, stop in and say hello. The popcorn's on me. (I may even throw in a free soda) -- Dave Modisette Plastics America, Inc. www.plasticsamerica.com ================================= Dave, Maybe you can help me out with your plastics expertise. I'm looking for some 4 x 8 polycarbonate (Lexan) sheets that I can use for storm shutters over some windows on my house. Is there any particular type that you would recommend (or not), and what would be a good source? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- rec.boats.marketplace is a moderated newsgroup. See rules and legal disclaimer at http://www.algebra.com/rbm Since I'm in what seems to be the hurricane capital of the world, I see a lot of people doing what you are interested in doing. There are factors that I feel you must consider before you make this decision. The polycarb I sell has satisfied the major building code requirements for certain ratings (CC-1) in Dade county. That's the one that everyone tries to match down here. This polycarbonate sheet is virtually unbreakable and has 250 times the impact strength of glass and 30 times more than acrylic. They measure this by means of a 1" dia steel dart. IOW, it's tuff stuff. I've literaly given a 1/4 piece of this sheet to my stongest guy in the shop, handed him a claw hammer and asked him to break it. He could dent it but it would not break. Even lying on a flat concrete surface. I also have a piece here where an inmate in a youth detention center tried to beat his way out of a room with a metal drawer but couldn't do it. Good news? Yeah, but... If you can break it, then you can't break into or out off your house. Not good if you are like a lot of people here who either attach the sheet with drywall screws or tap cons. If a fire occurs in your home and you have to get out through that window it's not going to happen unless the fasterners fail. However, I've got a solution to that problem but that will have to go private since it's past the scope of your newsgroup question. 1/4" thick sheet is what I recommend for most normal sized windows. ie. 30 x 36, 36 x 60. That kind of size. Polycarb doesn't have the rigidity that a plywood has so for large windows you are going to get a bit of flex. You have to consider this flex and make sure that upon impact as the sheet flexes with the force exerted, it won't come in contact with the window. Most inset windows would be ok. Flush mounts are another story and I wouldn't feel comfortable recommending it. I warn home owners and handy men that if they think that they can put polycarb sheet up and sit inside and defy CAT 4 and 5 hurricanes they will be sadly mistaken. That kind of force can literally push the whole window through the frame. So, even though this material can take a 2x4 shot out of a cannon (which is nothing more than a sales gimmic IMHO) it is really more suited for saving you from agravating repairs from flying trashcans and debris from CAT 1 & 2 winds (which you are more likely to experience anyway.) There are different grades. Mar resistant, XL (Extended life - UV resistant) and regular. I recommend regular since it's going up for storms and then coming down and being stored. It's the cheapest variety. You can buy polycarb sheet from major suppliers all over the USA. Most of the big guys only want to sell full sheets. In my case I sell by the sheet or by the piece. I ask my customers to make a list of the sizes they need and I determine the best size sheet (from stock sizes 4x8, 5x8, 6x8 and up) to get a good yield. I cut the pieces for them. I then charge them for what they get based on what I can still use in my fabrication shop. Sorry for the long winded post but when safety is involved I want to make sure everything is out there to be considered. When I leave the planet, I want to make sure Dave did no harm. -- Dave Modisette www.plasticsamerica.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- rec.boats.marketplace is a moderated newsgroup. See rules and legal disclaimer at http://www.algebra.com/rbm |
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