Cutting acrylic with a hole saw

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Uploaded by on Oct 21, 2008

Here's what I've learned about cutting acrylic with a hole saw. It's not as easy as I thought it would be.

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  • Interesting video.......

    I just did this on plexiglass and went forward. It didn't chip or crack it that's what you were trying to prevent. I also used clamps to hold it down.

    I think using a drill press might to more useful if you have one.

  • honitsten,

    I've cut other plexiglass since then and did not experience the problems. I think it was old and may have been exposed to sunlight. Also it was very thin material.

  • How about using a router?

  • I don't know. It's worth a try but it tends to melt.  Thicker material does not seem to chatter so easily

  • Am very interested to see the results on this test. How thin is your acrylic?

    Greg

  • I was able to find 80-mil acrylic at Lowes. I'm going to finish this and test it but Mars1952 has a different approach that I like even better.

    I made a drawing of what I perceive his design to be. You can see it on my blog.

    I wish YouTube made it easier to insert pictures and blog information directly on our YouTube channels.

    Bob

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  • Heres a tip: Turn off the crappy music thats playing in the background when recording video.

  • do it under water and it wont melt dumbass

  • No, I first used a 5-inch hole saw for the outside cut and then went into the same center hole to make the 2-3/4 inch cut.

    A Dremel tool sounds like a good idea too if you have an attachment to make circles. 

    Bob

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