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First time working with plastics, so apologies if this is a simple question. Looked around and haven’t been able to find a good fit so far.
I’m looking for a plastic that is:
– Slightly flexible (needs to bent approx 1mm per 40mm)
– Possible to use in thin (1-2mm) sheets
– CNC machinable
– Available/cheap
– Reasonably high deformation temperature (in case the LED strip makes contact with the plastic. I’m guessing at least 70C.
– available in translucent white (guessing this isn’t a problem for most plastics though)
Does such a plastic exist?!!
I was thinking polypropylene would be perfect, but it has quite a lot deformation temp (read online that injection temp is 35-60C… seems low to me though) and apparently is difficult to machine.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
Polycarbonate maybe. Perfectly machinable, available from black, milky white up yo fully transparent, flexible and pretty cheap of we’re talking about 1-2mm sheets.
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