Marvel at the NEON Crawler

[BadTurtle]

Look on and marvel at the NEON body panels I have created in the BadTurtle Labs. Has anyone used neon polycarbonate before? Just scribe and break all the strait cuts and dremel tool the radius'. Just don't touch the stuff with a drill bit. Don't go near it with a drill bit. Crack city every time.

[bob1961]

i think green has been hated for quite a while now ....being that everyone always is gittin rid of it on there parts fer over a year now.......bob

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[sdcrawls]

Nice panels! I used to use that stuff at my old job, you can drill it but you have to be very careful. If you stay away from self tapping screws and those selfstartng bits you'll be fine. Also, light pressure is a must to avoid cracking.

[BadTurtle]

Originally Posted by bob1961

i think green has been hated for quite a while now ....being that everyone always is gittin rid of it on there parts fer over a year now.......bob

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Getting rid of green? I work for green. I will take all the green you dont want. By the way, the RCC logo is green.

[GySgt Hartman]

Originally Posted by BadTurtle

Has anyone used neon polycarbonate before? Just scribe and break all the strait cuts and dremel tool the radius'. Just don't touch the stuff with a drill bit. Don't go near it with a drill bit. Crack city every time.

The characteristics you describe are not how lexan behaves, I would suspect the material you have is acrylic.

[PineapplAssasin]

i bet that thing looks crazy under black light...

[BadTurtle]

Originally Posted by GySgt Hartman

The characteristics you describe are not how lexan behaves, I would suspect the material you have is acrylic.

Yes and it is kind of brittle when you roll over and smack a rock but I only paid $2.44 per 12" x 12" peice, so when I do break a peice I have plenty more. Heck I can get two whole set's of body panels out of one sheet.

[losilover]

where did u get this stuff?
http://www.spazstix.com/xcart/95510-...ENT-PAINT.html hehe

[papasnachez]

Def sounds like acrylic.

[BadTurtle]

Originally Posted by losilover

where did u get this stuff?
http://www.spazstix.com/xcart/95510-...ENT-PAINT.html hehe

If you want a few sheets of the neon plastic just go to www.estreetplastics.com for the stuff. They have all kinds of neon colors and you can buy it in different sizes. It's a little brittle but not to bad. During my last comp I smaked the roof section hard several times and on the last hit it broke a small corner off. It's so cheap and easy to work with, (just dont try and drill it) and looks bad in the sunlight ,I dont mind if a peice cracks once in a while.

[EvilTwin v2]

Originally Posted by BadTurtle

If you want a few sheets of the neon plastic just go to www.estreetplastics.com for the stuff. They have all kinds of neon colors and you can buy it in different sizes. It's a little brittle but not to bad. During my lst comp I smaked the roof section hard several times and on the last hit it broke a small corner off. It's so cheap and easy to work with, (just dont try and drill it) and looks bad in the sunlight ,I dont mind if a peice cracks once in a while.

The only thing I saw on that site that looks like what you're using is the flourescent plexiglass. Is that what you used? If so, like others have said, that makes sense on how it behaves. That site only shows polycarbonate (Lexan) in clear.

[BadTurtle]

I am not a plastic expert. It's the neon plexiglass. I am messing around with the stuff and you can take a Dremel tool with an engraver tip and engrave a logo into the stuff and the logo will glow like the edges do. It's really cool. If you have a CNC mill you could do up some impressive images on the backside of a body panel and your image glows. Sweet.

[RacinRevo]

How are you drilling the holes in the plastic if you say not to use drill bit? Dremel tool with attachment or are you heating up some metal and melting it?

[losilover]

he said he was using a dremel tool with attatchment.

[bigstu]

You can also get it from McMaster Carr..
Just set up an account and use a credito card.

http://www.mcmaster.com/itm/find.ASP...ring=85635K434

And if that doesn't work, go to www.mcmastercarr.com and search for this part number 85635K434

[BadTurtle]

Originally Posted by RacinRevo

How are you drilling the holes in the plastic if you say not to use drill bit? Dremel tool with attachment or are you heating up some metal and melting it?

Yes, I used a pointed grinding bit. That way I plunge the hole by grinding it and then hit the other side for a double chamfer.

[oldwing]

uni bit cut holes clean with out grabbing or cracking the plastic.

[oldwing]

Originally Posted by BadTurtle

Look on and marvel at the NEON body panels I have created in the BadTurtle Labs. Has anyone used neon polycarbonate before? Just scribe and break all the strait cuts and dremel tool the radius'. Just don't touch the stuff with a drill bit. Don't go near it with a drill bit. Crack city every time.

do not use a drill bit, use a uni-bit it cuts clean and easy. No breakage.

[oldwing]

Originally Posted by BadTurtle

Look on and marvel at the NEON body panels I have created in the BadTurtle Labs. Has anyone used neon polycarbonate before? Just scribe and break all the strait cuts and dremel tool the radius'. Just don't touch the stuff with a drill bit. Don't go near it with a drill bit. Crack city every time.

do not use a drill bit, use a uni-bit it cuts clean and easy. No breakage.

[bob1961]

Originally Posted by BadTurtle

Getting rid of green? I work for green. I will take all the green you dont want. By the way, the RCC logo is green.

no i'm talking bout all the green anodiz from scorpion alum parts everyone was doing when that was the only color option .............bob

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