Acrylic Sheet Cut Offs

Routers can be used to cut acrylic for both curved and straight cuts.

Acrylic sheet cut offs.

Check to see where the blade of your scoring tool will land when you run it against the side of the straight edge. Set the acrylic on a flat surface. We offer clear acrylic cut offs and scrap pieces which we have ready to ship in 5 different thicknesses. Be sure to use a compressor to keep the sheet in position to avoid chipping and more time needed to polish the cut.

Then arrange the straight edge so it s just slightly on the line and clamp it to the work surface. All pieces will be shipped with protective masking to keep from scratching in shipping and while in your shop. We offer 1 8 3 16 1 4 3 8 and 1 2 which can be purchased by the pound. This video shows how to easily cut acrylic sheet such as perspex lucite plexiglas optix oroglas acrylite sumipex cryolite etc.

To make it easier to. Use a blade meant for acrylic. The edge of the blade should hit the line exactly. 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.

Sizes are how we pick from our cut off bins. How to cut acrylic sheets method 1 of 3. For a dremel you should clamp the material down and slowly make the cut. To cut the material with a scoring knife you should make a small cut in the marked area.

Bend the acrylic over the edge to cut the acrylic sheet. For plastic you need a blade with a high tooth count. Cutting a straight line by scoring the acrylic.