American. Acrylic Works Cast acrylic · Made in our USA mill
Cast in Pittsgrove, New Jersey · USA · since 1954

Cast, certified, traceable.

Clear cast acrylic rods and tubes. Only ever cast, never extruded.

We've been pouring acrylic at our own New Jersey mill since 1954, serving dialysis equipment manufacturers, museum fabricators, and lighting OEMs. Every order ships with a certificate of conformance to ASTM D5436, referencing your specific cast batch.

In-stock sizes ship in 1–2 business days. Cut to your spec. No minimums.

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Plate 01 Archival photograph of clear cast acrylic tubes and rods from the American Acrylic Works mill in Pittsgrove, New Jersey, fanned across a plate with a steel measuring tape laid through them for scale; light refracts through the cut ends, showing the clarity of the cast material.
01 · Tubes
29 diameters
1½″ to 14″ OD, wall to ½″. Sight gauges, displays, columns, vessels. Now to 14″ OD.
02 · Rods
34 diameters
¼″ to 6″. Furniture, candles, art, machined parts, electrical insulators.
03 · All sizes
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The full lineup of cast acrylic tubes and rods. Search by size or scan the index.
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ASTM D5436 + food-contact certified · batch-traceable.

Every order ships with a certificate covering ASTM D5436-20 conformance, CFR 21 177.1010 food-contact compliance, your specific cast batch, and the source monomer it was poured from.

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Direct from the manufacturer.

Our NJ mill has been pouring acrylic since 1954. You're buying from the source, not through a distributor.

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Cut to your spec. No minimums.

Standard sizes ship in 1–2 days. Made-to-order cuts in 5–7. No minimum quantities. Talk directly to the people who make the material.

New from the mill

Large diameter. 10″, 12″, 14″.

Cast-to-order cylinders for aquariums, exhibits, sight columns, and architectural work. Walls ¼″ to ½″.

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Rod

Clear Cast Acrylic Rod — 3/8" × 96"

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Rod

Clear Cast Acrylic Rod — 1/2" × 96"

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Rod

Clear Cast Acrylic Rod — 5/8" × 96"

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Rod

Clear Cast Acrylic Rod — 3/4" × 96"

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Rod

Clear Cast Acrylic Rod — 7/8" × 96"

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Rod

Clear Cast Acrylic Rod — 1" × 96"

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1954
American Acrylic Works · Pittsgrove, NJ
Direct from the maker

American Acrylic Works has been cell-casting acrylic in Pittsgrove, New Jersey since 1954.

For seven decades, our mill has supplied dialysis equipment manufacturers, museum fabricators, and lighting OEMs — industries where optical clarity, dimensional consistency, and traceable certification matter. Since 1954, we've been cell-casting acrylic from Mitsubishi M-503 monomer (formerly Lucite) — the same premium optical-grade methyl methacrylate that has defined optical acrylic since WWII. Every order ships with a certificate covering ASTM D5436-20 conformance, CFR 21 177.1010 food-contact compliance, cast batch reference, and source-monomer traceability. No middlemen. No mystery material.