I have some 6mm thick sheets of Perspex (ex-office partitions so no
paper covering and almost too large to handle easily) with which I'm
going to raise the effective height of a shower cabinet. The maximum
length of cut will be about 1000mm.

How do I cut it?

TIA

Richard
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rjs wrote:
I have some 6mm thick sheets of Perspex (ex-office partitions so no
paper covering and almost too large to handle easily) with which I'm
going to raise the effective height of a shower cabinet. The maximum
length of cut will be about 1000mm.

How do I cut it?

It can be scored and snapped like glass.

Or cut with a saw. A jigsaw and suitable blade will be fine - but don't
force it so that it melts.

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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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rjs wrote:
I have some 6mm thick sheets of Perspex (ex-office partitions so no
paper covering and almost too large to handle easily) with which I'm
going to raise the effective height of a shower cabinet. The maximum
length of cut will be about 1000mm.

How do I cut it?

It can be scored and snapped like glass.

Or cut with a saw. A jigsaw and suitable blade will be fine - but
don't force it so that it melts.

And for a neat edge if you're a dab hand with a blowtorch you can 'flame
polish' it.

Very satisfying.

Practice on scrap bits first!!!

On 6 Aug 2005 17:24:27 GMT, (Huge) wrote:

Jigsaw with a fine blade,

A _good_ jigsaw. This is one of those jobs where you discover that teh
£100 Bosch with little vibration and a controllable pendulum action is
far better at it than Drivel's £10 Happy Shopper.

rjs wrote:
I have some 6mm thick sheets of Perspex (ex-office partitions so no
paper covering and almost too large to handle easily) with which I'm
going to raise the effective height of a shower cabinet. The maximum
length of cut will be about 1000mm.

How do I cut it?

TIA

Richard

Fine toothed circular saw, this is how they're cut when made.

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Andy Dingley wrote:
Jigsaw with a fine blade,

A _good_ jigsaw. This is one of those jobs where you discover that teh
£100 Bosch with little vibration and a controllable pendulum action is
far better at it than Drivel's £10 Happy Shopper.

Yup. And it's easy to find blades for every task for the Bosch SDS system.

I've got sets that I don't know what they're all used for. ;-)

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Use a 60 point fine circular saw blade ,have purchased from this company
and can highly recommend there quality and service
http://www.summitsawblades.co.uk

On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 21:39:30 +0100, Andy Dingley wrote:

On 6 Aug 2005 17:24:27 GMT, (Huge) wrote:

Jigsaw with a fine blade,

A _good_ jigsaw. This is one of those jobs where you discover that teh
£100 Bosch with little vibration and a controllable pendulum action is
far better at it than Drivel's £10 Happy Shopper.

That would be a fine wood blade, not fine metal as the latter will clog rapidly.
And the blade ABSOLUTELY MUST be razor-sharp, i.e. brand new.

Thanks to all


Lots to think about.


Cheers

Richard

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Alex wrote:
Use a 60 point fine circular saw blade ,have purchased from this company
and can highly recommend there quality and service

Hmm. The circular saw I saw in a Perspex workshop ran at a very much
slower speed than a wood one. I'd guess at around 1000 rpm with an approx
8" blade. So unless you can slow down a wood circular saw, I don't think
I'd risk it. When using my jigsaw, I use a very low speed, with a suitable
blade.

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Normally perspex can only be scribe cut up to a maximum of 4mm thick, anything above this thickness would be extremely hard.

A circular saw with a negative rake blade works really well for straight cuts and or a jigsaw with metal cutting blade for the curves. I have a laminate cutting circular saw balde that works great on perspex.

I often look here for advice- http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/acrylic_sheet.htm

The guy that runs the site works for one of the worlds largest acrylic manufacturers and he is always helpful.