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pinno

https://forum.bikeradar.com/discussion/comment/21105421#Comment_21105421

@photonic69 https://www.cutmy.co.uk/plastic/acrylic-perspex-sheets/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiA6Ou5BhCrARIsAPoTxrCXdUs9wo57IGjxFzaWSt2UI56HURea9LC23jS3tiEyuETlHsgJ3r8aApPAEALw_wcB

photonic69

https://forum.bikeradar.com/discussion/comment/21105827#Comment_21105827

Thanks! They have some good prices there! Cheapest I've seen.

pinno

https://forum.bikeradar.com/discussion/comment/21105832#Comment_21105832

Could you warm a sheet up to make it bendy? To create an inverted U canopy. Fun. No hard box edges at the top (at lest at the front anyway). Would provide good visibility. Curved surface = less dust accumulation.

photonic69

https://forum.bikeradar.com/discussion/comment/21105854#Comment_21105854

An interesting concept! It would be difficult to achieve a consistent bend and get end pieces cut to match without much fettling and sanding and making a royal mess. I would need a big oven to heat it uniformly and total hight of each side is around 520mm by 510mm long so my oven would have to be over a meter wide. Maybe Dominos Pizza down the road would oblige? I would need to make a wooden form to bend it over whilst it cools too. FTFTBBW!!!

On a related note, when I was between 7-12 I was madly keen on crafts and had many, many craft/DIY books. One particularly garish 1970's book had a whole section on making Perspex things that involved heating sheets in the oven. I was madly desparate to try this but living in a rural part of South Africa perspex was impossible to find.

oxoman

Eldest attempted making some out of a lexan anti shatter type material. He tried doing boxes but couldn't get consistent neat welds. This was to cover his lego models. He's since brought suitably sized premade ones. Not cheap.

pinno

https://www.wrightsplastics.co.uk/thermoforming-services/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAi_G5BhDXARIsAN5SX7rU3vdGDPCis3UM81jSfVccJWN22MugFqwGD_O1T4shXvW0Wd7wHjYaAi7hEALw_wcB

sungod

https://forum.bikeradar.com/discussion/comment/21105871#Comment_21105871

have you tried searching for display domes? might find one the right size off the shelf

oxoman

Any good P69

https://www.luminati.co.uk/clear-acrylic-display-covers/?attribute_pa_size=400mm-w-x-200mm-d-x-200mm-h&utm_term=&utm_campaign=All+Products+-+PFM&utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=ppc&hsa_acc=2397390700&hsa_cam=18119348828&hsa_grp=&hsa_ad=&hsa_src=x&hsa_tgt=&hsa_kw=&hsa_mt=&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAi_G5BhDXARIsAN5SX7o27MA7lgIESRmUD9UFkRvscMiimyJQjAQq-nnd9Oan6jerBnIHjMsaAk0QEALw_wcB

photonic69

https://forum.bikeradar.com/discussion/comment/21105909#Comment_21105909

Ooh!!! Yes, I'd need to get a bespoke size but a very good call!

I want one of them there duck-billed mole goats!!

photonic69

https://forum.bikeradar.com/discussion/comment/21105907#Comment_21105907

Actually I need to get a glass dome for my dad's Skeleton Clock. That too needs a good clean and lubrication before I wind it up again.

Some of these look quite affordable too.

https://theglassdomes.co.uk/

oxoman

The eldest picked up a number of acrylic domes for his lego helmet collection. Seem ok and his quote was they stop the dust. I think etsy do some as well.