How To Cut Acrylic Sheet

Place the sheet over hard edge with groove side up.

How to cut acrylic sheet.

Once you ve scored the initial line go over it a few times with the blade until a groove forms. Use a 7 1 4 plastic cutting saw blade to cut acrylic with a circular saw. 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. Use a 10 plastic cutting saw blade to cut acrylic on a miter saw or table saw.

To cut acrylic sheets start by marking the line you want to cut using a ruler and a permanent marker. Routers can be used to cut acrylic for both curved and straight cuts. Measure the ruler against the cutting line and then draw the knife repeatedly down its edge gradually increasing the pressure with each pass. First grab a metal ruler and a utility knife preferably one with a brand new blade.

Use scoring knife to cut a narrow groove in the acrylic sheeting scoring preferably works on sheets less than 6 35mm in thickness. Use acrylic point drill bits to drill holes in acrylic. Use an o flute up spiral plastic cutting bit to cut acrylic with a router. Thicker plexiglass strangely enough allows for the simplest of the cutting processes.