Cutting Thick Plastic Sheets

Mark your desired cut line using a straight edge then score the sheet of plastic with the utility knife making several.

Cutting thick plastic sheets. To make it easier to work with find a flat surface big enough to accommodate your plastic sheet. Measure it out and use a ruler to make a straight line. Trusted for over 100 years. Apply pressure to the tool and let your guide direct the cut until it is 1 8th of an inch into the sheet.

You can mark the line with a permanent marker or grease pencil or you can just use the ruler as a guide for your. It s very easy u don t need any expensive tools. Harder clear plastics such as polycarbonate may require multiple passes with a knife but the result will be a clean cut finished edge with no chips or cracks. Rounded handle helps fight hand fatigue.

Materials needed to cut acrylic or plexiglass sheets acrylic sheet larger than the size of your project use a plastic laminate scorer to cut acrylic by hand use acrylic jigsaw blades to cut acrylic with a jigsaw use a 10 plastic cutting saw blade to cut acrylic on a miter saw or table saw use a 7. Step 1 set the acrylic on a flat surface. Large flexible cutting board set 6 pack extra thick plastic cutting mat set of 6 plastic cutting board for kitchen in modern colors flexible plastic cutting board sheets 4 0 out of 5 stars 5 13 99 13. Begin by deciding where you want to cut the acrylic.

This video shows how to easily cut acrylic sheet such as perspex lucite plexiglas optix oroglas acrylite sumipex cryolite etc. Sheets rods tubes shapes and profiles. However you can t use the floor as you need an edge to break the acrylic over later 2 x research sourcestep 2 mark your line. The plastic sheet cutting knife is designed for use on lexan polycarbonate sheets and other plastic materials.

Cutting thin sheets of plastic secure the sheet to a large work surface with a clamp. For acrylic sheets thinner than inch use a scoring which will produce a deep scratch rather than the chipping effect you d get from a hardened wheel. Most saws can be used t. It features a double bevel scoring edge for clean consistent cuts and a rounded handle that helps fight hand fatigue for comfort and control.

This can take many passes to complete so be patient and precise.