Cutting Acrylic Sheet With Scroll Saw

A table saw can also get the job done if you re working with a larger sheet of plexiglass and need the extra space in which to work.

Cutting acrylic sheet with scroll saw.

This video shows how to easily cut acrylic sheet such as perspex lucite plexiglas optix oroglas acrylite sumipex cryolite etc. Set the saw fence to the desired. When cut the edges look frosted. Besides plexiglas a scroll saw can also cut through acrylic and corian.

The saw blade height should be only a half inch higher than the thickness of the acrylic sheet you are cutting. Acrylic sheets can be cut with a scroll saw provided precautions are taken to reduce friction and heat. Corian is a brand of hard plastic made with an acrylic compound. This video showing how to cut a straight and curve cut using the scroll saw machine.

Heat from a butane torch will restore the clear appearance as well as soften the edges and remove small surface scratches. Most saws can be used t.