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  • Woodokie
    Forum Newbie
    • Dec 2002
    • 26
    • OK, USA.
    • BT3000

    Lucite

    Please tell me how I can cut this stuff without splintering/cracking!

    I tried the glass cutter and my Bosch jig saw with a fine tooth blade but the results were only so so!

    Thanks
  • just4funsies
    Senior Member
    • Dec 2005
    • 843
    • Florida.
    • BT3000

    #2
    Got a RotoZip?
    ...eight, nine, TEN! Yep! Still got all my fingers!

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    • Tom Slick
      Veteran Member
      • May 2005
      • 2913
      • Paso Robles, Calif, USA.
      • sears BT3 clone

      #3
      have you tried your table saw? lexan is easier to work with.
      Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison

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      • LCHIEN
        Internet Fact Checker
        • Dec 2002
        • 21130
        • Katy, TX, USA.
        • BT3000 vintage 1999

        #4
        Lucite is a trade name for acrylic, equivalent to Plexiglas, another trade name.

        Jigsaw will break it all to pieces jerking it up and down.
        Not a glass cutter, it's plastic.
        I would say that the table saw would be best. use a sharp blade, don't go too slowly it will melt. Try and use dust collection, otherwise you will see Christmas all over again in your shop (snow).
        Loring in Katy, TX USA
        If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
        BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions

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        • WayneJ
          Senior Member
          • Jan 2004
          • 785
          • Elmwood Park, New Jersey, USA.

          #5
          A band saw work good or you can score it and snap it if its not to thick, kinda like you would do wiith dry wall.
          Wayne J

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