From: "Berkshire Bill" 
Newsgroups: alt.home.repair misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: Cutting plastic
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 02:11:44 GMT


"v"  wrote in message 
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> On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 09:30:51 -0400, someone wrote:
>
>>What sort of circular saw blade should be used
>>to cut plexiglas (Lexan)
>>
> Like the other guy said, Lexan is a very different thing from
> plexiglas.  Lexan is a very high strength engineered plastic and not
> typically used on DIY projects or stocked in local hardware stores.
> If you have Lexan, you probably made a special effort to get it.
>
> I used to have an office in Pittsfield, MA which considered itself the
> home of Lexan (GE Plastics) and has a road named Dan Fox Drive; I have
> been told that Dan Fox was the inventor but have not tried to verify
> that.
>
>
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>
> Reply to NG only - this e.mail address goes to a kill file.

From the Company files,  http://www.gelexan.com/gelexan/fox_bio.html

Bill