How To Cut Acrylic Mirror Sheet

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How to cut acrylic mirror sheet.

Mark the area of sheet you want to cut. Be sure to use a compressor to keep the sheet in position to avoid chipping and more time needed to polish the cut. Mirror less than 3mm thick. Position the mirror so.

Place the sheet over hard edge with groove side up. Make several firm passes along it with a. Position a ruler on the mirror where you want to make the cut. Routers can be used to cut acrylic for both curved and straight cuts.

Scribing and this method is used to achieve a quick straight line cut of single sheets of plaskolite acrylic breaking. How to cut acrylic sheet by hand. How to cut acrylic sheet by hand with only hand tools. Place the mirror face up on a table.

How to cut acrylic mirror step 1. However the process requires following steps. Rotate the piece so that the cut line is on the edge of the work surface. Score the acrylic along the edge of the ruler where you want to cut.

Scribe the mirror along the line using several firm evenly pressured strokes. Mark the line to be scribed scored on the acrylic mirror with a commercial scriber. Snap the acrylic at the cut line take the acrylic out of the clamps. Then overhand the end of the mirror off the work table.

Use scoring knife to cut a narrow groove in the acrylic sheeting scoring preferably works on sheets less than 6 35mm in thickness. Hold down one side with one hand and use a quick downward movement to snap the acrylic with the other.