[sdiy] Source for nicely cut polycarbonate?

[Mike Gorman]

I would go for acrylic rather than polycarbonate.

Acrylic can be cut on a laser cutter quite inexpensively, whereas polycarbonate has to be CNC milled or routed to get round corners. 

I’ve made quite a few acrylic cases on the laser cutter in my local Maker Space. I made the mistake of trying to laser cut polycarbonate once, it was a mess. I believe places like Ponoko in the US can laser cut acrylic to order. A web search will help for other locations.

Regards

Mike Gorman

> On 18 Aug 2026, at 19:14, kennyb via Synth-diy <synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:
> 
> I do not have an answer for you but since you mentioned "Altoids" tin I felt it necessary to point the list to a series of interesting Altoids tin projects related to vintage computing:
> 
> http://www.sunrise-ev.com
> 
> On 2026-08-18 14:03, Chromatest J. Pantsmaker via Synth-diy wrote:
>> I'm thinking about sandwiching a bare PCB between a top and bottom layer of polycarb for a barebones "caseless" case for a project I'm working on.  It's the size and shape of an "Altoids" tin.
>> Does anybody have recommendations for clear sheets cut with nicely rounded corners?
>> Thanks!
>> -Chromatest
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