Cutting Acrylic Sheet With Scroll Saw

Set the saw fence to the desired.

Cutting acrylic sheet with scroll saw. Heat from a butane torch will restore the clear appearance as well as soften the edges and remove small surface scratches. The saw table should be free of dust and debris. That s because scroll saws produce much less heat than their brethren which cuts down on the risk of your plexiglass melting as it s cut. Acrylic sheets can be cut with a scroll saw provided precautions are taken to reduce friction and heat.

This video showing how to cut a straight and curve cut using the scroll saw machine. The saw blade height should be only a half inch higher than the thickness of the acrylic sheet you are cutting. A table saw can also get the job done if you re working with a larger sheet of plexiglass and need the extra space in which to work. This video shows how to easily cut acrylic sheet such as perspex lucite plexiglas optix oroglas acrylite sumipex cryolite etc.

You can cut through corian as you would cut through wood. When cut the edges look frosted.