Cut Clear Plastic Sheeting

Our acrylic cutting machines are all modern top of the range models ensuring all your sheets and projects are cut efficiently and accurately with a great looking finish to them.

Cut clear plastic sheeting.

Whether you want your sheets polishing holes screwing in radius corners or more you can be confident they will look the best around at reasonable prices. Then score the line using a plastic scoring blade using the ruler as a guide so your line is straight. Once you ve scored the initial line go over it a few times with the blade until a groove forms. Harder clear plastics such as polycarbonate may require multiple passes with a knife but the result will be a clean cut finished edge with no chips or cracks.

Install a metal cutting blade into the saw with at least 10 teeth per inch of blade. Additionally it s important to work with acrylic in a well ventilated area because cutting acrylic sheet can release vapors that will irritate your respiratory system. In addition to clear acrylic sheets we also offer pvc sheets hdpe boards high impact styrene hips sheets mirrored acrylic panels polycarbonate panels and so much more. Eplastics sells the highest quality thick plastic sheet on the market.

To cut acrylic sheets start by marking the line you want to cut using a ruler and a permanent marker. We also offer custom fabrication for any of the sheet we sell including our thick clear acrylic and polycarbonate selection. King plastic corporation s starboard high density polyethylene hdpe sheets are quickly becoming the industry standard for a wide range of applications. Here at sheet plastics you can find a wide range of clear acrylic sheets in multiple thicknesses which can all be.

Use the hand held jig saw to cut curves in the plastic sheeting. You can easily cut thin plastic sheets less than 1 16 inch 063 thick with a utility knife. Clear plastic sheeting cut to size our clear acrylic sheets are 17x stronger than glass and also have a higher impact resistance. Cutting thick sheets of plastic to make straight cuts on thicker sheets of acrylic and polycarbonate plastic greater than inch thick you ll need to use a table saw or circular saw.

Set the polycarbonate material on a cutting platform as described in step 3 above. Adjust the saw speed so the blade is moving at approximately 12 000 strokes per minute. Mark a cut line along the right and left sides and along the middle of the sheet using a. With sheets ranging over 4 thick we are able to get your order completed in a quality and timely manner.