How To Cut Acrylic Sheet

Use a 10 plastic cutting saw blade to cut acrylic on a miter saw or table saw.

How to cut acrylic sheet.

For best results use another tool like the earlier mentioned table saw to cut your acrylic roughly before getting a more exact finish with the router. Mark the area of sheet you want to cut. Use acrylic point drill bits to drill holes in acrylic. Place the sheet over hard edge with groove side up.

To cut acrylic sheets start by marking the line you want to cut using a ruler and a permanent marker. Measure the ruler against the cutting line and then draw the knife repeatedly down its edge gradually increasing the pressure with each pass. Thicker plexiglass strangely enough allows for the simplest of the cutting processes. Then score the line using a plastic scoring blade using the ruler as a guide so your line is straight.

Routers can be used to cut acrylic for both curved and straight cuts. Be sure to use a compressor to keep the sheet in position to avoid chipping and more time needed to polish the cut. Once you ve scored the initial line go over it a few times with the blade until a groove forms. First grab a metal ruler and a utility knife preferably one with a brand new blade.