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does anyone know of any good tools or methods of making precision cuts in plastic that is about 1/8" thick?

thanks in advance

 
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well i know if you use a cut wheel like a dremel you will melt it and it comes out like crap.....best way is to score it with a sharp blade and be really careful not to cut yourself.

 
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Just use a utilty knife.

 
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a dremel works really well for me. other things that have also worked are steak knives, hot soldering irons, hack saws and the rotozip tool.

 
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i like using an air grinder/cut off tool. i have a friend spray cool water while I cut and it ends up looking very nice!

 
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what works really well is scoring the plastic with a laminate knife ( Laminate= the stuff on your counter top in your kitchen....and no not the marble U ritch bast@rd [IMG]i/expressions/moon.gif[/IMG] )......this works well when making straight cuts just score and snap the plastic......for curved cuts a dremel with the side cutting bit used for the router attachement working with a slow speed and letting the tool do the cutting will give u a nice cut without melting...but the dremel works well with the fiberglass re-enforced cutting discs...slow speed and letting the tool do the cutting with out pushing will give you a nice cut without melting


Just my $0.02