16 Jan
2005
16 Jan
'05
3:19 a.m.
On Sun, 2005-01-16 at 15:53 +0000, Stan Barr wrote:
Hi,
Well in that case, (for perspex anyway) as others have said, drilling
slowly works, as does firmly clamping scrap material above and below the
piece to be cut / drilled - I've used a jig saw pretty often for cutting
that way, and never had problems with rough edges or with shattering
On Sat, 2005-01-15 at 18:51 -0800, Computer
Collector Newsletter wrote:
They're similar, both are trade names for a type of transparent synthetic
resin. Perspex is, I think, more similar to Lucite, or is that yet
another trade name for the same thing? I've heard some horror stories about whole
(expensive!) sheets of plexiglass
simply breaking in half when incorrectly drilled through.
Question - is plexiglass the same as perspex, or is it a totally
different animal?
from drilling.
That's usually thin material, 2mm or so - maybe the thicker stuff is
somehow more prone to breaking in this way?
cheers
Jules