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carl mciver
 
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"Pedro" wrote in message
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| I've got a customer who needs a short run of clear plastic panels (14" X
12"
| X .25") that I simply need a contour cut around the perimeter.Since this
| client tends to think Home Depot has everything I fear that I'm getting a
| bunch of blanks from some low quality material to machine.
|
| Any suggestions on tooling etc.. to machine the typical sheet plastic
found
| at HD?
|
| no problem on HP / speed (10K) or coolant.
|
| Pedroman

In the phone book look for plastics suppliers. Signmakers use gobs of
it. Standard routers and bits work fine, but you have to go quickly or it
will overheat the plastic. A template or bearing bit helps.