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Title: Playfield Plastics plastic
Post by: millsy on April 08, 2009, 06:23:59 PM: After a supplier and type of plastic used for playfield plastics (Preferably NSW)
Millsy @@^
Title: Re: Playfield Plastics plastic
Post by: illawarra_steelers on April 08, 2009, 07:17:13 PM: Kev,

What game do you need this for?

Jumping Jacks/Jack in the Box reproductions available at PBR at US$71 http://www.pbresource.com/plastic/c14483A.jpg

Highly recommended - bought repro plastics for both Bowling Queen and Fast Draw and they are awesome!
Title: Re: Playfield Plastics plastic
Post by: millsy on April 08, 2009, 07:48:49 PM: Have fitted new plastics from PBR to the Jumping Jack Tony -they look great,but would like to do the pastics myself on the Bally Bazaar as they are impossible to get (probably because its a Bally). Have the software (Photoshop),a Dremil,printer,special paper except the plastic & would like to have a go myself. Received the water-slide decal paper today which I am going to try on the Gottlieb apron over Easter.
Kev
Title: Re: Playfield Plastics plastic
Post by: Ballywannabe on April 08, 2009, 07:59:59 PM: Original plastic was butyrate (or something!) but most people nowdays use lexan. I believe you can buy this at Bunnings, but have not tried to do so yet as I am still using the sheet I purchased from a specialist plastics store.

cheers
Ian
Title: Re: Playfield Plastics plastic
Post by: ddstoys on April 08, 2009, 08:01:22 PM: OUr local plastic supplier is called RESIPLEX look em up in the yellow pages. Well worth a look the stuuf they sell is amazing you will think of all sorts of things you can do once you see what they can sell and do
Title: Re: Playfield Plastics plastic
Post by: ddstoys on April 08, 2009, 08:02:33 PM: FITTED NEW PLASTICS HEY. Do you still have the old ones?
Title: Re: Playfield Plastics plastic
Post by: millsy on April 08, 2009, 08:54:30 PM: Quote from: Ballywannabe on April 08, 2009, 07:59:59 PM
Original plastic was butyrate (or something!) but most people nowdays use lexan. I believe you can buy this at Bunnings, but have not tried to do so yet as I am still using the sheet I purchased from a specialist plastics store.

cheers
Ian
Thanks Ian
Will do a search in the Bunnings Database tommorrow.
Millsy
Title: Re: Playfield Plastics plastic
Post by: millsy on April 08, 2009, 08:56:40 PM: Quote from: ddstoys on April 08, 2009, 08:02:33 PM
FITTED NEW PLASTICS HEY. Do you still have the old ones?
Old Jumping Jacks plastics were cracked, and I did scan the new ones Daniel before I put them on.
Kev
Title: Re: Playfield Plastics plastic
Post by: ddstoys on April 08, 2009, 09:04:43 PM: Thats cool Kev ive made a replacment for my wall hanger anyway but iy you had originals lying around would be better
Title: Re: Playfield Plastics plastic
Post by: pinball god on April 10, 2009, 03:00:48 PM: I get my plastics from a plastic supplier and ask from off cuts which can be quite sizeable and there's no charge. So you can do heaps of experimentation and not be concerned with the failures.
Title: Re: Playfield Plastics plastic
Post by: millsy on April 10, 2009, 03:27:48 PM: What thickness is used
Millsy
Title: Re: Playfield Plastics plastic
Post by: pinnies4me on April 10, 2009, 03:29:10 PM: Mate of mine has a plastics factory, and took a look once at what I was doing when making plastics. He suggested 2 mm polycorbonate as the best plastic for the playfield plastics. Any plastic supplier like Resiplex mentioned by Daniel will carry polycarb. I've never broken a plastic made with it BTW.