So, i recently bought some plexiglass to cover newly painted tables with, and need to cut it into a 4’x4’ circle. Never done before. Plz halp. That stuff was expensive, and ate a lot of the room budget i had saved up. Got one shot at this. Teach me how?
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I may be able to help.
I cannot do it until Saturday, however,
I would do it on the shop bot and it is a super easy cad job.
Do not attempt this on the laser as plexiglass is seldomly a safe plastic and it can and will off gas toxic fumes.
Let me know if you are able to wait until Saturday as I am absolutely willing to help you out on this.
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Sure man i can wait till Saturday. Thanks!
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Acrylic (aka Plexiglas, Lucite, PMMA) is the very first on the list of approved materials for the laser cutters according to the wiki.
https://wiki.makeict.org/wiki/Laser_Cutter
Are you thinking of polycarbonate (Lexan)?
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Thing is brother, i don’t have a laser cert, so it’s kind of a moot point either way. I’m pretty sure i got name brand plexiglass. But i’m asking on account of my being the opposite of an expert on the matter.
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No worries.
I was only trying to correct any misunderstanding about the safety of laser cutting Plexiglas.
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Plexi is seldomly just acrylic. Most often it is multiple plastics that are not safe. I am doing plexiglass shopping for a project currently and I am not finding any plexiglass that is acrylic.
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