Popular Post Rockytime Posted October 15, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 15, 2020 I experimented with cutting Plexiglas. I first time I tried I sandwiched the Plexiglas between two sheets of 3/16" plywood. It cut very successfully. The ones shown here were cut without the plywood sandwich. I removed the top protective layer from the Plexiglas and mounted the pattern directly to the plastic with 3M 77. I kept the bottom side covered to prevent scratching from sliding on the table. Cutting was done slow speed with a 2/0 Pmg blade. Cutting was clean with no melting or sticking to the blade. Pattern was removed with a bit of mineral spirits. Will use as stocking stuffer for great grandson. jollyred, Be_O_Be, new2woodwrk and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flarud Posted October 15, 2020 Report Share Posted October 15, 2020 Looks good! I made another ghost and butterfly yesterday for a guy at work. I told him where to buy the LED base and if he bought the two pack and gave me one, I would make him the ghost and butterfly for free. I may have to try cutting one without the wood sandwich and see what happens. Rockytime 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ike Posted October 15, 2020 Report Share Posted October 15, 2020 yOUR GRANDSON WILL LOVE IT. amazingkevin and Rockytime 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted October 15, 2020 Report Share Posted October 15, 2020 I've been meaning to try this.. well years ago I did try and failed.. Local hardware gave me some scraps.. actually was pretty big scraps which would be great for scrolling on.. Anyway I had very little no how of scrolling wood at that time and figuring what blade to use etc.. I melted he blade to the plastic and then it started bouncing up and down and broke the plastic.. Scared the crap out of me and I haven't touched it since.. Now that I'm a little smarter.. a #7 ultra rev. blade on 1/8" plastic at high speed was probably not the best idea, If I fail again... I have a back-up plan.. The laser cuts the stuff like butter and leaves a very smooth edge.. They say the smell is horrendous though, LOL flarud, amazingkevin and Rockytime 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted October 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2020 8 hours ago, flarud said: Looks good! I made another ghost and butterfly yesterday for a guy at work. I told him where to buy the LED base and if he bought the two pack and gave me one, I would make him the ghost and butterfly for free. I may have to try cutting one without the wood sandwich and see what happens. I'm ordering a 2 pak today. flarud 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldhudson Posted October 15, 2020 Report Share Posted October 15, 2020 Nice job on that Les. And thanks for the detail on cutting. Rockytime 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted October 16, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2020 I posted an addendum to my original post this morning but I don't see is here so I'll do it again. The cutting I show above worked so well. This morning I tried cutting a piece of plastic of unknown origin. The experiment was a failure as the plastic immediately fused together behind the blade. I know very little about plastics but obviously there are differences. The plastic used for the above is 1/8"clear CAST acrylic plexiglass. 12X24, $17.95, Amazon. I think CAST is the key word but I don't know. amazingkevin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flarud Posted October 16, 2020 Report Share Posted October 16, 2020 Did you use the same blade and same speed as your first cut? I know on all of the ones that I have made I have used a couple different blades with different results. If the acrylic fuses back together I just cut around it again. It goes much faster the second time as you have already "laid down the tracks"! LOL amazingkevin and Rockytime 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted October 16, 2020 Report Share Posted October 16, 2020 Nice job Les, you,LL be making plenty more or Christmas and other holidays.nothing holding you back now. Sometimes it,s good to venture out and try new things..P.S. your good at it!!! Rockytime 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted October 16, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2020 8 hours ago, flarud said: Did you use the same blade and same speed as your first cut? I know on all of the ones that I have made I have used a couple different blades with different results. If the acrylic fuses back together I just cut around it again. It goes much faster the second time as you have already "laid down the tracks"! LOL Yes. I used the same blade and saw speed on both. Also ordered 4 more led bases. Only $25 for a 4 pak. The blade is a 2/0 Pmg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flarud Posted October 18, 2020 Report Share Posted October 18, 2020 On 10/16/2020 at 1:00 PM, Rockytime said: Yes. I used the same blade and saw speed on both. Also ordered 4 more led bases. Only $25 for a 4 pak. The blade is a 2/0 Pmg. I used a FD UR1 and had no issue with the acrylic melting back together. When I used an Olson #2 reverse it did slightly melt back together. I have a pattern for a Scarecrow that I will cut out, I'll use the FD again and see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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