Slightly OT: tips for fabricating with plexiglass?

[Mike Loewen]

On Sun, 16 Jan 2005, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:

> On Sun, 16 Jan 2005, Devon wrote:
>
> > A circular saw can also be used to cut plexiglass easily.  Just use a
> > regular plywood blade, but put it on backwards and leave the protective
> > film on/use tape where you make the cut.
>
> Hmm, never considered putting on the blade backwards.  I used my table saw
> to cut some nylon cutting board (about 1/2" thick).  It seemed to wear
> down the blade a bit (it strainsa tad when I cut wood now...better change
> it) but it worked pretty well.

   I've used a non-ferrous metal cutting circular saw blade for cutting
acrylic sheet - cuts like through butter:

http://www.tools-plus.com/frelu89m010.html

  Here are some tips for working with acrylic:

http://www.sdplastics.com/acrylic.html


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