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6mm acrylic expansion and contraction
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6mm acrylic expansion and contraction
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I would like to build a display case 8' high by 2' wide with shelves, all using 6mm, .236” clear acrylic. All joints would be glued together,acrylic to acrylic. I understand that acrylic expands and contracts, would a unit of this construction expand/contract to a point that it would fracture apart? The unit would be at room temperature, but slightly colder during transport to the installation site.
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I would like to build a display case 8' high by 2' wide with shelves, all using 6mm, .236” clear acrylic. All joints would be glued together,acrylic to acrylic. I understand that acrylic expands and contracts, would a unit of this construction expand/contract to a point that it would fracture apart? The unit would be at room temperature, but slightly colder during transport to the installation site.
Thanks in advance….
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I doubt if it would expand that much that it will fracture apart, especially as all the acrylic will expand/contract at the same rate.
You will have to watch out for it bowing though with it being so long.
You will have to watch out for it bowing though with it being so long.
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Yes, sorry my fault.ClearGear wrote:By having 7 shelves one foot apart inside the frame, wouldn’t this prevent the unit from bowing?
I was thinking of 8' feet long and 2' feet high.
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