[Simon Inns] is showing off the Raspberry Pi case which he built out of acrylic. It offers a lot much more protection than a flimsy film case, but it is also a little bit much more involved to fabricate. No, this doesn’t need to be laser cut, but to get the good edges [Simon] used a band saw which numerous don’t already have in their shop. Ask around, or poke your head in at the local Hackerspace. It only takes a few minutes to cut out the parts.
It sounds like either 8mm or 6mm acrylic will work for this project. Aluminum pipe serves as a spacer to keep the two main sheets in place. The RPi board itself is held in position by a few well-place acrylic chunks very glued in place. You can see the entire build process, including rounding cut edges with a torch, in his video embedded after the break.