Cutting Acrylic Plastic Sheet

Here a few tool options for cutting acrylic.

Cutting acrylic plastic sheet.

Use a blade meant for acrylic. For plastic you need a blade with a high tooth count. Cutting thick sheets of plastic to make straight cuts on thicker sheets of acrylic and polycarbonate plastic greater than inch thick you ll need to use a table saw or circular saw. Draw a line with a dry erase marker where you want to cut the board.

Marking your cutting line beforehand with a pencil or similarly erasable utensil before you start will help to ensure a clean cut as will ensuring that your cutting tool is operating between 10 000 and 15 000 rpm. This is the most common method and since saw blades are easy to find it s a great option for everyone. Make the line visible and be careful not to smudge the marker. Set the acrylic on a flat surface.

With the sheet laid flat on the work surface use a ruler as a guide and draw a straight line where you want to cut the sheet. Materials needed to cut acrylic or plexiglass sheets acrylic sheet larger than the size of your project use a plastic laminate scorer to cut acrylic by hand use acrylic jigsaw blades to cut acrylic with a jigsaw use a 10 plastic cutting saw blade to cut acrylic on a miter saw or table saw use a 7. Use a dry erase marker so you can erase it after you cut the sheet. Use scoring knife to cut a narrow groove in the acrylic sheeting scoring preferably works on sheets less than 6 35mm in thickness.

To make it easier to. Place the sheet over hard edge with groove side up. Mark the area of sheet you want to cut. Routers can be used to cut acrylic for both curved and straight cuts.

When making straight cuts in acrylic sheet use a fine toothed carbide tipped or high speed steel blade specifically designed for acrylic cutting. Once you re finished the cut portion will fall from the rest of the sheet. Cutting a straight line by scoring the acrylic.