[chbot] Cutting acrylic sheet

[Andrew Errington]

If you're doing it often there is a special knife with a hooked end. Looks
like a carpet knife, but isn't. You score the cut several times, then break
it.

Here's Mitre 10's offering:
https://www.mitre10.co.nz/shop/plaskolite-knife-plastic/p/268739

The best one is from Olfa:
https://www.glasstools.co.nz/olfa-plastic-laminate-super-cutter.html

However, cutting long edges might be tedious by hand. Apparently power
tools are not so bad, as long as you don't melt the plastic:
https://www.theplasticpeople.co.uk/blog/how-to-cut-acrylic-sheets/

Andrew


On Sat, 8 Jul 2023, 11:52 Robin Gilks, <gb7ipd at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've decided that the windscreen on my golf cart is too old and scratched
> to polish so I'm going to replace it with 3mm acrylic sheet (good old
> Bunnings!)
>
> Any suggestions and/or caveats on cutting it to size? It's a simple
> rectangle with radiused corners so it's just trim 2 sides and round off.
>
> I assume power tools are a bad idea (e.g. circular or jig saw) so I'm
> thinking fine tooth pull saw or scoring with a carpet knife.
>
> Ideas?
>
> --
> Robin Gilks
>
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