[chbot] Cutting acrylic sheet

[Robin Hartley]

Hi Robin,
 
Used gently power tools work fine on acrylic.
 
I'm cutting 2mm acrylic at the moment for window double glazing and use a fine tooth blade (40 Tooth 10 inch blade) on the saw bench.
 
The important thing is to feed slowly as it's easy to get carried away. You'll get no resistance so there's no feel to slow you down.
 
Do a trial cut well away from your final line as a practice.
 
Jig saw and oscillating tools are not recommended as it can create vibration and cause cracking.
 
Check for a plastic supplier near you and you may find you can get a piece cut to size for quite a bit less than what Bunnings charge.
Curved corners will be extra.
 
I use Atomik Laser in Lower Hutt and it's about 1/2 the price of Bunnings so you should be able to find something local.
 
Regards,
Robin

> On 08/07/2023 11:51 NZST Robin Gilks <gb7ipd at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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!)
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Ideas?
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> Robin Gilks
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