David Hayward. Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Can anyone advise on a good source for PETG sheet .020" (0.5mm) thickness as I am going to attempt vacuum forming a canopy for my Chorus Gull. I have built a scaled up version (6ft span) from the Brian Peckham plan and so the 'standard' size canopy is too small. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stevens 1 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Posted by David Hayward. on 22/10/2019 20:51:05: Can anyone advise on a good source for PETG sheet .020" (0.5mm) thickness as I am going to attempt vacuum forming a canopy for my Chorus Gull. I have built a scaled up version (6ft span) from the Brian Peckham plan and so the 'standard' size canopy is too small. Ebay is your best bet here, there is plenty on there in various sizes, thicknesses and cheap. I usually just stick to the UK sellers and there are plenty of those. I normally buy from there if I can't get to a hobby shop. I make quite a lot of windscreens for Scale RC helis. I can confirm it does work very well with a Vac Former too as I have one and have tried it. I find 0.5 to 0.75 mm best to work with on the Vac Former. 1mm can be done but best only for very simple shape screens. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDH Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 LMGTFY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hayward. Posted October 23, 2019 Author Share Posted October 23, 2019 Posted by DDH on 23/10/2019 07:45:15: LMGTFY Well that could be the response to virtually every post with a question. Fortunately there are more helpful people here who appreciate you have probably already done that, but that someone else may have managed to 'dig up' something you did not find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hayward. Posted October 23, 2019 Author Share Posted October 23, 2019 Posted by Mark Stevens 1 on 23/10/2019 03:32:54: Posted by David Hayward. on 22/10/2019 20:51:05: Can anyone advise on a good source for PETG sheet .020" (0.5mm) thickness as I am going to attempt vacuum forming a canopy for my Chorus Gull. I have built a scaled up version (6ft span) from the Brian Peckham plan and so the 'standard' size canopy is too small. Ebay is your best bet here, there is plenty on there in various sizes, thicknesses and cheap. I usually just stick to the UK sellers and there are plenty of those. I normally buy from there if I can't get to a hobby shop. I make quite a lot of windscreens for Scale RC helis. I can confirm it does work very well with a Vac Former too as I have one and have tried it. I find 0.5 to 0.75 mm best to work with on the Vac Former. 1mm can be done but best only for very simple shape screens. Mark Thanks for your helpful response Mark. The canopy itself will be about 300mm x 300mm then I need to allow for overlap and fitting into the frame, so I need fairly large sheets. I have been struggling to find the size I need and prices were higher than I expected. I have looked on ebay and while there seems to be plenty on there, not found anything suitable yet. Edited By David Hayward. on 23/10/2019 09:26:24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn K Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Try this one.. A2 should be big enough Ebay PETG Martyn Edited By Martyn K on 23/10/2019 09:08:16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis Watkins Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Have used PVC too from SLEC **LINK** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Houghton Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Sarik themselves are now selling it, although the size 330 x 457 might be tight for your needs: Sarik PETG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin b Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 See if you can find a local (small) vac forming company. If you explain what you are doing, they will probably sell you a small sheet. That's what I did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken anderson. Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 hello David...try some of the craft shops they sell it also....and here... ken anderson...ne..1.....craft shop dept. Edited By ken anderson. on 23/10/2019 10:23:41 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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David Hayward. Posted October 23, 2019 Author Share Posted October 23, 2019 Thank you to all those that took the time and trouble to provide helpful responses, much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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