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| severdhed:
--- Quote from: Ed_McCarron on December 24, 2010, 11:17:19 pm ---If it's really lexan, you could use a dull axe on it and not have to worry about it chipping or shattering. The stuff is bulletproof. Literally. It's what banks make their teller windows out of. --- End quote --- not all lexan is bulletproof. sure that is what they make bullet proof glass from, but it is only bullet proof in the proper configuration....you can't buy a sheet of 1/8" thick lexan at lowe's and expect it to stop a bullet. |
| markronz:
Another +1 on the flush trim router bit. I tried the scoring tool as well, and I couldn't get a clean break either. But once I used the flush trim bit with my router, it cut through it like butter. Wish I had tried that in the first place! |
| Ed_McCarron:
--- Quote from: severdhed on December 27, 2010, 11:45:43 pm --- --- Quote from: Ed_McCarron on December 24, 2010, 11:17:19 pm ---If it's really lexan, you could use a dull axe on it and not have to worry about it chipping or shattering. The stuff is bulletproof. Literally. It's what banks make their teller windows out of. --- End quote --- not all lexan is bulletproof. sure that is what they make bullet proof glass from, but it is only bullet proof in the proper configuration....you can't buy a sheet of 1/8" thick lexan at lowe's and expect it to stop a bullet. --- End quote --- Thank you, captain obvious. I was speaking generally. Of course the thin stuff won't do it. My point was that it's pretty tough to shatter, which is the main problem with acrylic. The polycarbonate tends to cold flow instead of breaking into a brazillion pieces. Treat it like you're machining any other hardwood and you'll be fine. |
| Rok:
After a pretty awful experience with both the scoring tool and a drill, I discovered that a flush trim bit cuts through plexi like a hot knife through butter. |
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