Thanks for the interest ,,, Hope no one gets sticker shock or think I'm gouging, I'd like to share these with other turbo nuts for the lowest price possible.
Understand, this plexi isn't cheap, as anyone who has priced it out knows. A 36x48" square at home depots is about $40, and that is for 1/8 thick. 1/2 thick would be way more, you have to look around for that cause they don't even stock it.
Most CNC'ers factor in design time, as well as cutting time and material costs, with a markup on all. Design time for this is not a factor ,, I have it designed, now I can make 1, or 1,000, with no additional time spent designing. [Took less than an hour to design anyhow]. Machine time, this one with filled in letters takes about 45 minutes total to set up and cut ,,, The one with the outline letters I'll be doing in a couple days [leaving for a 2 day beach excursion tomorrow] will be more like 30 minutes.
So, rock bottom for me would be $25 for the coming outline design, $35 for the filled in letters + $5 shipping [USA] ,, And as stated, I'd be willing to work out deals for lose hucards as well. I can do other sizes on request, but I feel this is about the optimal size for a tasteful, economical, eye catching display.
The lighting solution would be on you, would really be easy enough to rig up a wood/metal base with a slot with LED's in the bottom, I could do it as an option, but would likely be more than the plexi itself. They do look good just sitting there as it, but just pop to life with a light on the edge.
[There are places that sell bases and lighting specifically for plexi at a pretty reasonable cost, I'll post when I find the links].
