Re: Looking for Cast Acrylic Sheet Stock

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Original poster: "Harold Weiss by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <hweiss-at-new.rr-dot-com>

Hi Guys,

I have had good results using carbide wood bits for routing acrylic.  Safety
glasses are a must as the chips can be sharp sometimes.  Drilling, it is
best to have the bits made for acrylic.  Sawing the same can be said.
Acrylic blades for table saws are expensive, ($120) but worth it.

David E Weiss

 > Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>
 >
 > James,
 >
 > As I said before, acrylic is a nasty beast.  I'd think a few more times
 > before buying that acrylic an attempt to use a router on it.  There are
 > plenty of other materials out there
 > that machine much better than acrylic.  Acrylic has a very low melting
 > point.  Simply using a standard drill press (which cannot go slow enough)
to
 > drill acrylic will result in a
 > hole that basically remelts itself together.  Unless you have much
 > experience with this stuff, stay away!  Don't say I didn't warn you.
 >
 > The Captain
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >  >
 >  > FYI, Grizzly makes a nice 1hp router and has bits for acrylic which
work
 >  > rather well in machine this kind of stock and  is petty nice if your
 >  > workshop, like mine, is missing a machine shop!
 >  >
 >  > Thanks
 >  >
 >  > James
 >
 >
 >