Where to get a single specific but small acrylic piece?

[zrogst]

As you can see below, the new R420R Nano I got for this PicOAquarium's Ricordea florida tank doesn't exactly fit with the stock tank mount. The problem is the connection between the tank and AIO insert (not level, baffles in way, etc)

The mount is like 1/4" too big to attach to a glass side.

One idea I had was to use an inch thick or so piece of acrylic, slightly taller then the tank but the same width, and simply attach the light to that, using sticky-velcro to attach the acrylic piece it to the back of the tank (so it's removable.)


So, anyone know where to get like a black 1" thick piece of acrylic? 12" wide by about 11" high?? (height negotiable, at least enough to mount the R420R with clearance to the tank lip)

 

[Reef-o-Roni]

U.S plastics.If you ask nicely they will probably cut it for you

 

[schristi69]

Cannot you just go to one of the big box stores and cut one or two pieces as spacers??

 

[brian cummings]

I bought my 1" plex from professional plastics in tempe. But they have a minimum. Port Plastics in Chandler is supposed to be very good, I have been recommended to go there by local professionals. There is also Laird Plastics in Phoenix, that's where I used to go for plex for art museums. There's actually a lot of choices, call a few and see if they have what you need. A square foot of one inch thick plex should be 20ish dollars.

 

[Weyrman]

Get a few of the larger thickness scraps at Lowes or Home Depot for free and glue them together. They'll even cut them to size if they're not busy.