[chbot] Cutting acrylic sheet

[Spencer Travers]

A band saw followed by a disc sander worked well for a project of mine with
3mm acrylic.

Spencer

On Sat, 8 July 2023, 12:15 Andrew Errington, <erringtona at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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