Cutting acrylic

[Jonathan Troutt]

I am needing to cut some smaller pieces of acrylic. But i need straight lines the pieces will be getting glues together. What is the best way to do this?

Normally for larger pieces i would just use a table saw and call it a day. Seems like maybe a band saw? I need ideas.

 

[jaxredsoxfan]

I have done this on smaller pieces with a scroll saw, but need to go slow at fairly high blade speed. If you heat it up too much it will start to melt and not produce clean cut

 

[Jonathan Troutt]

I have done this on smaller pieces with a scroll saw, but need to go slow at fairly high blade speed. If you heat it up too much it will start to melt and not produce clean cut

Really. Straight enough cuts to use a product like weldon?

 

[Jonathan Troutt]

Bump?

 

[Kyuss414]

I believe

Really. Straight enough cuts to use a product like weldon?

If you have a router, use a router on a straight edge to clean up the ends after cutting down to rough size.

 

[Jonathan Troutt]

I believe

If you have a router, use a router on a straight edge to clean up the ends after cutting down to rough size.

I dont have a router either. Never needed one. But can a true straight cut be made with a scroll saw?

 

[Shirley Weller]

Check out the YouTube videos by the King of DIY. He’s built several freshwater tanks from acrylic & goes into depth about how to do it.

 

[albano]

How long a piece? how thick is acrylic?

Using a straight edge and acrylic cutter blade, I’ve cut and glued (welded) many acrylic pieces over the past 30+ yrs

 

[Jonathan Troutt]

So what i ended up doing was using double sided tape and sticking a steel straight edge along the cut line. Did great. I had to modify my ecplise overflow because of a bad drill on my part. Here it is all assembled at this point.

 

[Filthybum]

I use router table cuts strait just go slow

 

[jaxredsoxfan]

I should have been more specific, it's a table mounted scroll saw with a fence, not hand held.