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.
How to cut acrylic plastic sheets.
For plastic you need a blade with a high tooth count.
Place the sheet over hard edge with groove side up.
Cutting a straight line by scoring the acrylic.
Use blades designed specifically to cut.
This can take many passes to complete so be patient and precise.
For acrylic sheets thinner than inch use a scoring which will produce a deep scratch rather than the chipping effect you d get from a hardened wheel.
First grab a metal ruler and a utility knife preferably one with a brand new blade.
Thicker plexiglass strangely enough allows for the simplest of the cutting processes.
Apply pressure to the tool and let your guide direct the cut until it is 1 8th of an inch into the sheet.
Measure the ruler against the cutting line and then draw the knife repeatedly down its edge gradually increasing the pressure with each pass.
Use a blade meant for acrylic.
To make it easier to.
In this video we demonstrate the four most common ways to cut acrylic sheet also known as perspex acrylit.
Mark the area of sheet you want to cut.
Set the saw fence to the desired.
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.
Set the acrylic on a flat surface.
Use scoring knife to cut a narrow groove in the acrylic sheeting scoring preferably works on sheets less than 6 35mm in thickness.