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Cutting 3" Hole in Plexi
Chris:
--- Quote from: spystyle on May 18, 2004, 10:48:47 pm ---For the rest of you reading this consider using a hole saw in reverse @ your drill's highest speed
(and for the pilot hole also drill in reverse @ your drill's highest speed)
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I agree, but at the beginning of the thread he implied that he didn't have a 3" hole saw. (I don't have one, either.)
drunkatuw:
I learned my lesson the hard way by trying to use the trackball mounting plate as a guide for my router...it ate right thru the metal.
So I made a template using a spade bit and a file. Then I just placed the wood template in the new mounting plate and used a flush bit on my router to easily make the hole.
rdagger:
--- Quote from: drunkatuw on May 19, 2004, 10:16:52 am ---I learned my lesson the hard way by trying to use the trackball mounting plate as a guide for my router...it ate right thru the metal
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I also cut a 3" hole in some particle board first with a holesaw to use as a template. Here's a picture of a 3" beveled cut I made in Lexan using a chamfer bit. The bevel allows the Lexan to flow smoothly with the rim of the Happ TB.
kahlid74:
easiest way hands down is to use a dremmel. The cutting bit that comes with it is perfect for plexi glass. I had a piece of Plegi-glass 6 feet by 4 feet, and I cut it down with the dremmel so easily it wasn't even funny. The dremmel doesn't crack at all. When cutting it makes little Plastic beebees from the plexiglass it melts/cuts.
Worked unbelievable. I am going to drill some more holes in a day or two, I will just make a video of it and post it on the website.
brained:
Please post them videos, for us noobs ;)