Playfield Plastics plastic

[millsy]

After a supplier and type of plastic used for playfield plastics (Preferably NSW)
Millsy

[illawarra_steelers]

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!

[millsy]

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

[Ballywannabe]

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

[ddstoys]

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

[ddstoys]

FITTED NEW PLASTICS HEY.   Do you still have the old ones?

[millsy]

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

[millsy]

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

[ddstoys]

Thats cool Kev ive made a replacment for my wall hanger anyway but iy you had originals lying around would be better

[pinball god]

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.

[millsy]

What thickness is used
Millsy

[pinnies4me]

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.