How To Cut Plastic Sheet By Hand

To make it easier to work with find a flat surface big enough to accommodate your plastic sheet.

How to cut plastic sheet by hand. Clamp the plexiglass sheet to the work surface for stability. Materials needed to cut acrylic or plexiglass sheets acrylic sheet larger than the size of your project use a plastic laminate scorer to cut acrylic by hand use acrylic jigsaw blades to cut acrylic with a jigsaw use a 10 plastic cutting saw blade to cut acrylic on a miter saw or table saw use a 7. Use the saw at a slower speed or keep the material cool by spraying water over the cut point during the saw operation. Begin by deciding where you want to cut the acrylic.

Use scoring knife to cut a narrow groove in the acrylic sheeting scoring preferably works on sheets less than 6 35mm in thickness. Cutting thin sheets of plastic secure the sheet to a large work surface with a clamp. Step 1 set the acrylic on a flat surface. Flip over the sheet and repeat the scoring process on the opposite side along the same.

You can mark the line with a permanent marker or grease pencil or you can just use the ruler as a guide for your. Mark the area of sheet you want to cut. First grab a metal ruler and a utility knife preferably one with a brand new blade. However the process requires following steps.

Thicker plexiglass strangely enough allows for the simplest of the cutting processes. Place the sheet over hard edge with groove side up. Step 4 set the steel ruler onto the thin plastic sheet aligning one edge with the marks you made in step 3. Place a corresponding mark on the side parallel to the side that you marked previously.

However you can t use the floor as you need an edge to break the acrylic over later 2 x research sourcestep 2 mark your line. Measure it out and use a ruler to make a straight line. Use a glass cutter or the dull side of a utility knife to score the plexiglass along the mark line 5 to 10 times. Line the plexiglass sheet along the cut line.

Measure along the side of the thin plastic sheet and place a mark with the felt tipped marker at the length you need to cut the plastic sheet.