Clear plexiglass acrylic sheets cast 1 2 thick.
Cutting 1 2 acrylic sheets.
Clear plexiglass sheets can be used for a number of applications such as signage glazing picture framing aquarium tanks and more.
Apply pressure to the tool and let your guide direct the cut until it is 1 8th of an inch into the sheet.
Use a blade meant for acrylic.
Draw a line with a dry erase marker where you want to cut the board.
Fit a circular saw or table saw with a fine blade with crosscut teeth to prevent chipping the piece during the cut.
To cut the material with a scoring knife you should make a small cut in the marked area.
Next hold the yardstick to the marked line and run the dull side of a utility knife along the yardstick to score the.
This can take many passes to complete so be patient and precise.
Use a dry erase marker so you can erase it after you cut the sheet.
It is 10 times stronger than glass and half the weight.
Just a quick show of how the waterjet can be delicate enough to cleanly cut through 1 2 acrylic at my job.
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With the sheet laid flat on the work surface use a ruler as a guide and draw a straight line where you want to cut the sheet.
For plastic you need a blade with a high tooth count.
Then place the sheet on a table with the marked side facing up.
Thickness tolerances are 10 on acrylic sheets 0 100 2 5mm and thicker with variations throughout the sheet.
Clamp the plexiglass sheet to the work surface for stability.
Normally we see variations less than 5.
Materials needed to cut acrylic or plexiglass sheets acrylic sheet larger than the size of your project use a plastic laminate scorer to cut acrylic by hand use acrylic jigsaw blades to cut acrylic with a jigsaw use a 10 plastic cutting saw blade to cut acrylic on a miter saw or table saw use a 7.
How to cut acrylic sheets method 1 of 3.
To make it easier to.
Cutting a straight line by scoring the acrylic.
Bend the acrylic over the edge to cut the acrylic sheet.
Lay the sheet on a flat surface and using a yardstick and a permanent marker or a grease marker measure and draw the.
For acrylic sheets thinner than inch use a scoring which will produce a deep scratch rather than the chipping effect you d get from a hardened wheel.
Score again and again as many as 10 or 12 times.
Use the saw at a slower speed or keep the material cool by spraying water over the cut point during the saw operation.
Make the line visible and be careful not to smudge the marker.
For a dremel you should clamp the material down and slowly make the cut.
Plexiglass acrylic is a versatile plastic material that has great impact strength and exceptional optical quality.
