How To Cut Plastic Sheet Straight

Push the acrylic through the table saw at a steady pace being sure to keep your fingers out of the way of the saw.

How to cut plastic sheet straight.

Cutting thin sheets of plastic secure the sheet to a large work surface with a clamp. Flip over the sheet and repeat the scoring process on the opposite side along the same. This can take many passes to complete so be patient and precise. This video shows how to easily cut acrylic sheet such as perspex lucite plexiglas optix oroglas acrylite sumipex cryolite etc.

Most saws can be used t. Start at one edge of the mark you made. Curved cuts are made using either a vertical band saw or a hand held jigsaw. Polycarbonate sheeting can be cut with a basic pair of hand shears if the thickness of the sheet is less than 0 125 inches 1 8 of an inch.

Mark your desired cut line using a straight edge then score the sheet of plastic with the utility knife making several. Use a plastic laminate scorer to cut acrylic by hand. Once the sheet has been scored clamp the acrylic on a table edge so that the table edge aligns with the scored line of the sheet. Use acrylic jigsaw blades to cut acrylic with a jigsaw.

Materials needed to cut acrylic or plexiglass sheets. Push the acrylic through a table saw for a straight cut. Apply pressure to the tool and let your guide direct the cut until it is 1 8th of an inch into the sheet. Don t move too quickly as you ll create a rougher edge but don t go too slowly as you can melt the plastic.

Straight cuts can be performed by using a circular saw.