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Acrylic sheet hole saw.
That said below is a list of steps on how to drill a hole in your plexiglass sheet.
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Line the plexiglass sheet along the cut line.
Aim your circular saw on the plexiglass sheet and wait until it reaches its full speed the best rpm rate for cutting plexiglass sheets is 3450 rpm and no more than that 10.
Acrylic sheet larger than the size of your project.
Acrylic sheets can be machined with most shop tools.
Here s what i ve learned about cutting acrylic with a hole saw.
Use a glass cutter or the dull side of a utility knife to score the plexiglass along the mark line 5 to 10 times.
It is very important to push the circular saw feeding rate within a slow and smooth motion.
Most saws can be used t.
Clamp the plexiglass sheet to the work surface for stability.
Use the saw at a slower speed or keep the material cool by spraying water over the cut point during the saw operation.
Use a 7 1 4 plastic cutting saw blade to cut acrylic with a circular saw.
Unlike drilling a hole through metal or wood plexiglass sheets call for extra caution.
Use a 10 plastic cutting saw blade to cut acrylic on a miter saw or table saw.
Use acrylic jigsaw blades to cut acrylic with a jigsaw.
Use a plastic laminate scorer to cut acrylic by hand.
It s not as easy as i thought it would be.
Thick plexiglass sheets are inch and above.
Place a barrier below the plexiglass sheet.
This video shows how to easily cut acrylic sheet such as perspex lucite plexiglas optix oroglas acrylite sumipex cryolite etc.
Materials needed to cut acrylic or plexiglass sheets.