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| grafixmonkey:
The Lucite Tuf came in a brown protective sheet, for me. But I got it at Lowe's. I cut it today! It was very cooperative! My only complaints: Scoring with razor and snapping was difficult... I tended to get little rough outcroppings that I'll have to use a router on later. But I'm sure it will turn out ok, and I bet it was probably my fault anyway. I bet I didn't score it perfectly straight. Hole saws: They work great! But... the stuff tends to melt and flow in between the teeth and gum up the saw, no matter how slow or fast I went, and no matter how cool I kept the hole saw. The little Lucite pucks that got cut out also tended to get stuck inside the hole saw, and were tricky and time consuming to get out. It went well, but it went kinda slowly. Circle cutter: Works so well I almost crapped myself when I drilled a test hole! Only downside is you can't drill through your plexi and your panel at the same time, so you have to line it up carefully. I drilled holes for joysticks using this baby, and I wanna add more joysticks just so I can use it again! (Are there any four-player games that use two joysticks for each player?? Maybe a Karate Champ mod for the TMNT engine???) Something I did that helped: Someone mentioned trying to let your tool cool down between uses, so I got a can of my compressed-air canisters I use for blowing dust off of things I don't want to use a cloth or a vacuum on. Hold it upside-down, and it emits a jet of freezing cold liquified gasses that can make frost appear on any surface in less than half a second. Using that on my hole saws and circle cutter, I didn't need any down-time at all for the parts to cool off. Also handy for removing sawdust and shavings of Lucite, and for brutally freezing insects that tried to bite me while I was working. Problems: Jumped the gun while I was building the panel! Cut the holes in the wood before I had the Lucite! But with hole saws that wasn't a problem, they fit inside the holes made by the spade bit, and cut the Lucite just fine. All in all Lucite Tuf gets a thumbs-up for cutting experience. Pics in a bit. |
| night:
i always let my tool cool down between uses..... |
| grafixmonkey:
I was restraining myself so hard... ;) I was so glad though, when I tried to fit my tool in the button hole the first time, and it fit perfectly. I was so worried it would be too big and not go in without breaking anything, and I would have to start over with a new CP! |
| kspiff:
... That sounded kinda dirty :o |
| grafixmonkey:
What? What sounded dirty? I can't see any innuendos in there at all... I must just not have a dirty mind like you do. ::) The tool goes in the hole, spins around real fast, and you take it out, and then you clean it off. What's wrong with that? ;D (ok enough... it's gonna start getting old and tacky...) (little voice says, "Start?!?") |
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