Working With Plastic Sheets

If you re working with a thick piece of acrylic you can use conventional drill bits if you first place a piece of masking tape over the area to be drilled.

Working with plastic sheets. Cutting plastic with a dremel multitool rotary tool. Craftics 3615 high street ne albuquerque nm 87107 usa. It comes in both transparent and colored options and can be machined l. As part of our plastics theme we ve uploaded charles platt s excellent abs plastic fantastic desk set article from make volume 10 by the time you re done you ll have three handsome handmade desk accessories a pen pencil tool rack a cd caddy drawer and a book magazine stand you ll also have a great introduction to working with abs.

Cutting plastic with a dremel multitool rotary tool. If you get a quote on name brand delrin it will likely be more expensive than generic alternatives. Working with plastic learn everything you want about working with plastic with the wikihow working with plastic category. Coroplast is an easy material to cut.

Thinner sheets are easier but most thicknesses can be cut using a simple utility knife. If you try to drill a sheet of acrylic with conventional metal or wood drill bits there s a chance you ll end up cracking it. Cutting along the flutes is very simple using an utility knife and several commercial cutters used by sign makers are also available. If the sheet is thin use a step drill bit instead.

The best way to pose the question to your distributor would be can i get a quote on brand name or generic equivalent 3 do the fabrication work yourself. Working with coroplast cutting corrugated plastic. Learn about topics such as how to glue plastic how to restore black plastic how to cut thick plastic and more with our helpful step by step instructions with photos and videos.