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Twigsoffury
01-13-2009, 06:11 PM
any one know any way to cut this stuff!?!?!?

its the kind with the glass fibers impregnanted in it. also is 5/8th thick and has permanantly eaten three hole saws.

rendermandan
01-13-2009, 06:17 PM
Diamond blades?

nevermind1534
01-13-2009, 09:31 PM
Those will cut anything. I used one of those for porcelain, and the reinforced disc didn't come close to what the diamond one did, with almost no wear, too.

Twigsoffury
01-14-2009, 08:37 PM
Those will cut anything. I used one of those for porcelain, and the reinforced disc didn't come close to what the diamond one did, with almost no wear, too.

I dunno man i'm hittin it with a industrial 480V cutter stack and it's not phasing it. maybe I shouldn't of purchased it.

Jabyaeye
01-15-2009, 11:50 PM
The second page of this PDF fille looks like it has some interesting tidbits that might help you:
http://www.totalplastics.com/assets/Makrolon_MG.pdf