[RCSE] Coroplast source
Was wondering where is the best source for coroplast or corrugated plastic sheets? Chicago area... Lowes, Home Depot, or Menards? Have too many planes, need to build some storage boxes. TIA Steve Meyer SOAR LSF IV RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
Re: [RCSE] Coroplast source
Try the local sign shops and their suppliers. That stuff is often used for signs and I have gotten 4 by 8 sheets from a sign supply store out here in SOCAL before. S Meyer wrote: Was wondering where is the best source for coroplast or corrugated plastic sheets? Chicago area... Lowes, Home Depot, or Menards? Have too many planes, need to build some storage boxes. TIA Steve Meyer SOAR LSF IV RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
Re: [RCSE] Coroplast source
I'm not in the same area, but would be interested in any off the wall ideas you get. I've found it at sign stores in Texas before, but you have to find the right sign store because many aren't willing to sell out their raw material. 4x8 sheets of the 4mm? thick stuff (political signs) typically ran between $15 and $40, with the actual cost being less than that. If you have a TAP Plastics local they might be able to source it. The new hurricane shutter material that's being used for Habitat For Humanity houses down here in FL is a really thick (5/8 inch?) corrugated plastic material that's lightweight, not wood, and easy to store for long periods. This would be a bit overkill for anything but an airline box (and arguably underkill for a serious shutter), but still useful. Don't forget to reference Ben's design: http://thelocust.org/soaring/boxen/ Make sure any box you make looks at least as good as this one: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=4294091postcount=64 Peter Melbourne, FL S Meyer wrote: Was wondering where is the best source for coroplast or corrugated plastic sheets? Chicago area... Lowes, Home Depot, or Menards? Have too many planes, need to build some storage boxes. TIA Steve Meyer SOAR LSF IV RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
Re: [RCSE] Coroplast source
I used a 4' x 8' sheet of 4mm stuff for that box. I procured the coroplast from a FastSigns franch for $40, though there is a coro supplier here in town that sells the stuff for $20 (I needed it right away). The first place I tried to buy a sheet from wanted $90 for a sheet! That's the per-sq-foot rate! I used gaffer's tape for the corners and hinges and so far the box has lasted 2 years. It's also large enough to fit my Mantis and a Citation (Super-V-esque) when I take the DLG foam fittings out of it. Peter Jensen wrote: Don't forget to reference Ben's design: http://thelocust.org/soaring/boxen/ Make sure any box you make looks at least as good as this one: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=4294091postcount=64 Peter Melbourne, FL -- ben wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://thelocust.org/ RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
Re: [RCSE] Coroplast source
If you are near a large city with plastics suppliers, the coroplast should be about $9.00 to $14.00 per sheet for the thin or standard and around $15.00 to $20.00 for the thick stuff. It is usually only available from wholesale suppliers, so make up a biz. name and tell them to go ahead and tax it. Most wholesalers will do this for someone who doesn't plan on using enough product to set up an account. Mark Mech www.aerofoam.com I used a 4' x 8' sheet of 4mm stuff for that box. I procured the coroplast from a FastSigns franch for $40, though there is a coro supplier here in town that sells the stuff for $20 (I needed it right away). The first place I tried to buy a sheet from wanted $90 for a sheet! That's the per-sq-foot rate! I used gaffer's tape for the corners and hinges and so far the box has lasted 2 years. It's also large enough to fit my Mantis and a Citation (Super-V-esque) when I take the DLG foam fittings out of it. Peter Jensen wrote: Don't forget to reference Ben's design: http://thelocust.org/soaring/boxen/ Make sure any box you make looks at least as good as this one: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=4294091postcount=64 Peter Melbourne, FL -- ben wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://thelocust.org/ RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
Re: [RCSE] Coroplast source
Try this link: http://www.harborsales.net/fullsheetlookup.cfm? categoryID=6subcategoryID=12cat=Plastic%20Sheets Mike Whitman On Mar 29, 2006, at 7:11 AM, S Meyer wrote: Was wondering where is the best source for coroplast or corrugated plastic sheets? Chicago area... Lowes, Home Depot, or Menards? Have too many planes, need to build some storage boxes. TIA Steve Meyer SOAR LSF IV RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to soaring- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
[RCSE] Coroplast source
I purchased the sheets I used to make the 2 boxes I have from a sign making company in Little Rock AR. They cost me around $8.00 per 4'x8' sheet. They come in about 8-10 colors that I seen. Mark Soaring Is Life!! RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
Re: [RCSE] Coroplast source
On Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 09:11:09AM -0600, S Meyer wrote: | Was wondering where is the best source for coroplast or corrugated | plastic sheets? Look up `plastics' in the yellow pages and call places. Any larger city usually has some available locally. Places like Home Depot generally don't seem to carry it, but the local plastics suppliers do. The 4mm stuff seems to be what you can buy locally, at least in Austin, TX. If you want the thinner 2mm stuff (like what you'd use to make a Mugi slope flyer, but probably not good for storage boxes), http://www.harborsales.net/ can hook you up for pretty reasonable prices, and they can get thicker stuff too. (But the thicker stuff is easier to find locally.) And of course you could always go out and clean up some sign trash (in many places, these signs are illegal, so you're just cleaing up litter and doing people a favor) and use them to build your boxes. | Have too many planes Blasphemy! | need to build some storage boxes. Ahh ... -- Doug McLaren, [EMAIL PROTECTED] RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
