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Having just done a piece for myself, see below, I thought that cutting it in something just as thin but more robust than plywood would be worth a try. So I've bought some 3mm black acrylic sheets A4 so that I can give it a go. Any 'tips' before I start ? This stuff doesn't come that cheap over here so I'd prefer not to make a pigs ear out of it if possible. 🙈

 

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I use a crown tooth blade to cut acrylic for my teaching bank windows with no melting issues.

Olson recommends their PGT or Crown Tooth blades for plastic.  Pégas recommends their super skip or MGT blades. Couldn’t find a chart for Flying Dutchman. 

Hope this helps

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  On 12/27/2023 at 12:37 PM, Bill WIlson said:

I'm curious.  Most plastic sheet material comes with a paper covering to protect it from scratches.  I've always presumed that the adhesive in that paper acts in much the same way as masking or packing tape.  Thoughts?

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It has been a couple of years since I cut acrylic, but when I did, I cut it with the plastic sheet that came on it and was happy with the results, i.e. it protected the acrylic from scratches.  

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  On 12/27/2023 at 12:37 PM, Bill WIlson said:

I'm curious.  Most plastic sheet material comes with a paper covering to protect it from scratches.  I've always presumed that the adhesive in that paper acts in much the same way as masking or packing tape.  Thoughts?

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That's what I thought when I first cut acrylic sheets. Not the case. Probably not enough adhesive on the paper covering. Slowing the balde helped some but not enough to keep things from gluing back together. I put clear packing tape over the cut lines and had no melting. I can't remember what blades I used but it was before I started using Pegus blades. 

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