plexiglass tickness.

erv · Basic Member Joined: 18 May 2006

Im making my own pad using riptide's design and i dont know what .22" means. I bought a .250 thick plexiglass and i think it's too thick. So how thick are the plexiglass that riptide used?

cornchipz · Trick Member Joined: 22 Apr 2006 Location: Stanwood, IA

... Are you joking?

.22 inches

-Scorpion- · Trick Member Joined: 16 Feb 2005

.250 inches or cm?
.22 inches equals 56mm, which is not very much imo. Does Riptide use two layers of plexiglas?

psisarah · Trick Member Joined: 06 Jul 2005 Location: Toronto

Marq(uistadorous) · Trick Member Joined: 03 Aug 2005 Location: Arvada, CO

erv · Basic Member Joined: 18 May 2006

its .250 inches. anyway, i went back and got a .125 thick one.

kyj197 · Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 10:36 pm Post subject:

Thicker is better, but not too thick. CF is using 3mm.

Marq(uistadorous) · Trick Member Joined: 03 Aug 2005 Location: Arvada, CO

erv · Basic Member Joined: 18 May 2006

yea, im gonna use two layers for each arrow like riptide. that's why i thought
.250 was too thick.

-Scorpion- · Trick Member Joined: 16 Feb 2005

Too thick to what? To cut it?
Thicker is really better. The CF has 3mm because the contact technique relies on a bending arrow to make it work. But if you have a real metalpad with lights in the middle and want good feeling, you wanna stick to plexiglas that doesn't bend, since the whole surface is supposed to go down.

cgskill · Basic Member Joined: 12 Apr 2006 Location: Quebec

i'm using .18 CM plexiglass

my design is : plexi -> graphic -> plywood

it work the same and cost A LOT less

Marq(uistadorous) · Trick Member Joined: 03 Aug 2005 Location: Arvada, CO

Edible Bondage Tape · Trick Member Joined: 26 Jan 2002 Location: Kerri