<div dir="auto">A band saw followed by a disc sander worked well for a project of mine with 3mm acrylic.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Spencer</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 8 July 2023, 12:15 Andrew Errington, <<a href="mailto:erringtona@gmail.com">erringtona@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>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.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Here's Mitre 10's offering:</div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://www.mitre10.co.nz/shop/plaskolite-knife-plastic/p/268739" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.mitre10.co.nz/shop/plaskolite-knife-plastic/p/268739</a><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The best one is from Olfa:</div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://www.glasstools.co.nz/olfa-plastic-laminate-super-cutter.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.glasstools.co.nz/olfa-plastic-laminate-super-cutter.html</a></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">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:</div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://www.theplasticpeople.co.uk/blog/how-to-cut-acrylic-sheets/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.theplasticpeople.co.uk/blog/how-to-cut-acrylic-sheets/</a></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Andrew </div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 8 Jul 2023, 11:52 Robin Gilks, <<a href="mailto:gb7ipd@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">gb7ipd@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">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!)<div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>Ideas?<br clear="all"><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Robin Gilks<div><br></div></div></div></div></div>
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