How To Cut A Hole In Acrylic Sheet

Materials needed to cut acrylic or plexiglass sheets.

How to cut a hole in acrylic sheet. Put on safety glasses before doing any kind of cutting and wear ear plugs if you use an electric saw. Either clamp it or have someone hold it in place. Clamp the plexiglass sheet to the work surface for stability. Measure the ruler against the cutting line and then draw the knife repeatedly down its edge gradually increasing the pressure with each pass.

It will reduce scratching and splintering. Leave the backing paper attached to the sheet while you are cutting. This will prevent damage while cutting and allow you to draw a template on the acrylic or plastic. Acrylic sheets are fairly simple to cut.

How to cut circles in plexiglass. Use a 10 plastic cutting saw blade to cut acrylic on a miter saw or table saw. Use a plastic laminate scorer to cut acrylic by hand. Continue until you ve scored a deep line in the plexiglass it may take as many as ten or twelve scores then turn the slab over and repeat the process.

Otherwise you ll need to use a saw to cut it. Secure the plexiglass sheet to your work surface. Fit a circular saw or table saw with a fine blade with crosscut teeth to prevent chipping the piece during the cut. If the paper has already.

Acrylic sheet larger than the size of your project. Apply strips of painter s tape over the area to be cut in parallel strips allowing some overlap from one strip to the next. Line the plexiglass sheet along the cut line. How to glue plexiglass sheets when the need arises to stick together pieces of plexiglass sheets there is an array of glue options to choose from.

Use acrylic jigsaw blades to cut acrylic with a jigsaw. If the hole you intend to cut will be 2 square inches you should tape an area twice that size.