I plan on attempting my first thien tophat build this weekend, and I am getting a list of materials ready. Everything is pretty standard, but what have you all done to acquire lexan/polycarbonate? I can buy a sheet for $100ish--might as well buy a super dust deputy at that point and save myself a couple hours. Is there a source that sells appropriate dimensions for making the walls of the tophat? My one thought was to buy two strips of 12" by 48" and attempt to fuse/glue the edges together. I would do it at the point where one of the vertical supports were to support the seam during operation. Is this possible? Would it leak? I am planning on using 1/16" material to prevent breaking during the bending process. I read that a few other members had difficulty bending 1/8" material. I am pretty excited to put this tophat together, because I have yet to use my new-to-me 1.5hp shopfox that I purchased off CL. I didn't want to ruin my wynn 35a without proper pre-separation!
Patrick
Patrick