Slightly OT: tips for fabricating with plexiglass?

From: Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk_at_yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sun Jan 16 11:19:40 2005

On Sun, 2005-01-16 at 15:53 +0000, Stan Barr wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > On Sat, 2005-01-15 at 18:51 -0800, Computer Collector Newsletter wrote:
> >
> > > I've heard some horror stories about whole (expensive!) sheets of plexiglass
> > > simply breaking in half when incorrectly drilled through.
> >
> > Question - is plexiglass the same as perspex, or is it a totally
> > different animal?
> >
>
> They're similar, both are trade names for a type of transparent synthetic
> resin. Perspex is, I think, more similar to Lucite, or is that yet
> another trade name for the same thing?

Well in that case, (for perspex anyway) as others have said, drilling
slowly works, as does firmly clamping scrap material above and below the
piece to be cut / drilled - I've used a jig saw pretty often for cutting
that way, and never had problems with rough edges or with shattering
from drilling.

That's usually thin material, 2mm or so - maybe the thicker stuff is
somehow more prone to breaking in this way?

cheers

Jules
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