Ray, Actually, no. I don't know what the qualities of Lucite are. I think that it is an Acrylic just like Plexiglas.
When I said "Don't do this", I was referring to trying to make your own windshield. The reason that I say that, is because it will cost you more and give you more aggravation and take you more time than anyone should have to endure. Why not just buy a bubble, like Mark Jones did and cut it up. Then you are done. If you look at our site, you can see all the stuff that I had to do to get this done, and I am not positive that the one that is in there, is not going to start cracking, before I get it to the airport. When you can buy a bubble from Todd for around $325, it just does not make sense to make this part. If you already have a bubble and cannot use the front of it for the windshield, call Todd and ask him if you can purchase the back half of a bubble that he has made for someone else. As long as you design your frame around the bubble that you have and the parts that you are going to use, it is a relatively easy job. It took me over 2 years and I cannot know how many hours to get just this windshield and it is no where near as perfect as part of a bubble would be. I promise you, you cannot lay Acrylic on anything and heat it to 300 degrees without picking up the pattern of what it is laying on. I bought billiard table felt for a 60" width, 16" wide, for a dollar an inch and it even picked up the pattern of that. If you want to discuss it more, mail me off the net, as this is probably as much ranting as anyone on the net deserves to have to put up with. Later, See N64KR at http://KR-Builder.org - Then click on the pics Daniel R. Heath - Columbia, SC [email protected] See you in Mt. Vernon - 2004 - KR Gathering See our EAA Chapter 242 at http://EAA242.org -------Original Message------- From: KRnet List-Post: [email protected] Date: Sunday, January 11, 2004 3:14:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: KR>Acrylic source Dan, I have been reviewing some of my saved Emails and came across this one. You said "Don't do this". Were you referring to using Lucite? _______________________________________________ see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html .
