How To Cut Acrylic Sheet Circle
Cut a couple 3 5 circles in ply wood and sandwich the acrylic between them.
How to cut acrylic sheet circle. To cut acrylic sheets start by marking the line you want to cut using a ruler and a permanent marker. Then score the line using a plastic scoring blade using the ruler as a guide so your line is straight. How to cut circles in plexiglass. Lay the sheet on a flat surface and using a yardstick and a permanent marker or a grease marker measure and draw the.
Place the acrylic sheet on top of the rigid foam insulation and mark the line to be cut. Either clamp it or have someone hold it in place. It will make cutting on a saw or sander much easier. Mark the area of sheet you want to cut.
Fit a circular saw or table saw with a fine blade with crosscut teeth to prevent chipping the piece during the cut. Line the plexiglass sheet along the cut line. Secure the plexiglass sheet to your work surface. Next hold the yardstick to the marked line and run the dull side of a utility knife along the yardstick to score the.
Use scoring knife to cut a narrow groove in the acrylic sheeting scoring preferably works on sheets less than 6 35mm in thickness. I recommend using a circular saw jig or a circular saw guide to keep your cuts straight and to prevent the blade from wandering. Leave the backing paper attached to the sheet while you are cutting. If the paper has already.
Clamp the sheet if. However the process requires following steps. In this video we demonstrate the four most common ways to cut acrylic sheet also known as perspex acrylit. Drilling holes in acrylic.
Place the sheet over hard edge with groove side up. Clamp the plexiglass sheet to the work surface for stability. Install a 7 1 4 plastic cutting saw blade in the circular saw. You must log in or register to reply here.
Score again and again as many as 10 or 12 times.