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    Default Easiest way to cut acrylic?

    hey everyone, i was just wondering what the easiest way to cut acrylic into disc shapes. they would be about 6 or 7 inches in diameter.

    thanks,
    rob

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    Default Re: easiest way to cute acrylic?

    dremel... or hot knive... i recommend dremel

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    Default Re: easiest way to cute acrylic?

    disc as in the way a CD is? There are drill bits for that

    FYI there are drill bits that will destroy the inside of a hole, and there are some that will cut around circlular shape and leave the inside intact

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    Exclamation Re: easiest way to cute acrylic?

    7 inches =15.2 centimeters

    the largest hole saw i have is 5" and its for wood

    my 0.002$ tell me that the best way to do this is to:
    - cut, rough disc from the acrylic sheet
    - make a hole in its centre
    - put a bolt in the hole
    - after you inserted the bolt in the acrilc thread the nut on the bolt
    - clamp the bolt in the bigest drill you can get your hands on
    - slowly rotate the disc by powering the dril
    - after you get to a speed you feel safe, start do sand the edge of the disc
    - sand until you get to the size you want

    hope this helps

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    Default Re: easiest way to cute acrylic?

    How thick would it be? You might be able to just score and snap it using a template.

    Otherwise... I would rough cut it on a bandsaw or scroll saw, then sand down the edges on a 6" belt sander or perhaps a disc sander. There are a lot of ways to do it, it just depends.

    How many do you need? Can you have a hole in the center? How thick is the acrylic? What is your budget? What tools do you all ready have? You'll have to let us know that first.
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