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John Hauck
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
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Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)
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 Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 6:03 pm Post subject: Cutting Lexan |
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| I know it doesn't sound very manly, but I used a good pair of
regular houshold sissors to cut 1/16" lexan with great results.
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| Bryan Dever
Bryan:
I cut it with whatever does the job the easiest and the quickest. A
husky pair of sissors ought to do a good job.
I've tried a jig saw with poor results. A band saw does a good job,
depending on the blade.
Aviation snips on 1/8" will wear you out, but it can be done. Large
straight tin snips work better on 1/8". There are some tin snips that
have a large flat blade that work well because you can keep the snips
straight and not bound up.
john h
mkIII
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slyck(at)frontiernet.net
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| Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 4:56 am Post subject: Cutting Lexan |
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John and all, (yeah, I'm still alive  correct about using a standard
drill bit with lexan, no prob. If you use an electric jigsaw that
has the
orbital action it will cut 1/8" fine. I wouldn't know about the
thinner stuff
but maybe if you backed it up with thin plywood to keep it from flopping
around. Be sure to put wide masking tape on the cutting area to save
from scratches. Clean up the cut edge with a mill file.
I just bought a cheapo electric planer at harbor freight and I'll bet it
would do a dandy job of edge smoothing set at minimum.
BB, looking out the window at a 7' long icicle
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