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Cutting plastic Don Phillipson 07-10-2005
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Posted by Don Phillipson on July 10, 2005, 9:30 am


What sort of circular saw blade should be used
to cut plexiglas (Lexan) of 1/8 inch thickness?
This is to make fixed windows, screwed flat to
the structure of a shed.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)




Posted by SQLit on July 10, 2005, 6:47 am



> What sort of circular saw blade should be used
> to cut plexiglas (Lexan) of 1/8 inch thickness?
> This is to make fixed windows, screwed flat to
> the structure of a shed.
>
> --
> Don Phillipson
> Carlsbad Springs
> (Ottawa, Canada)

A sharp plywood blade would work. More teeth the better.

Go slow and let the saw do the work especially when finishing a cut.




Posted by v on July 11, 2005, 6:29 pm


On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 09:30:51 -0400, someone wrote:

>What sort of circular saw blade should be used
>to cut plexiglas (Lexan)
>
Like the other guy said, Lexan is a very different thing from
plexiglas. Lexan is a very high strength engineered plastic and not
typically used on DIY projects or stocked in local hardware stores.
If you have Lexan, you probably made a special effort to get it.

I used to have an office in Pittsfield, MA which considered itself the
home of Lexan (GE Plastics) and has a road named Dan Fox Drive; I have
been told that Dan Fox was the inventor but have not tried to verify
that.




Reply to NG only - this e.mail address goes to a kill file.


Posted by RicodJour on July 11, 2005, 11:33 am


v wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 09:30:51 -0400, someone wrote:
>
> >What sort of circular saw blade should be used
> >to cut plexiglas (Lexan)
> >
> Like the other guy said, Lexan is a very different thing from
> plexiglas. Lexan is a very high strength engineered plastic and not
> typically used on DIY projects or stocked in local hardware stores.
> If you have Lexan, you probably made a special effort to get it.

Home Depot stocks it around here.

R



Posted by Berkshire Bill on July 14, 2005, 2:11 am



> On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 09:30:51 -0400, someone wrote:
>
>>What sort of circular saw blade should be used
>>to cut plexiglas (Lexan)
>>
> Like the other guy said, Lexan is a very different thing from
> plexiglas. Lexan is a very high strength engineered plastic and not
> typically used on DIY projects or stocked in local hardware stores.
> If you have Lexan, you probably made a special effort to get it.
>
> I used to have an office in Pittsfield, MA which considered itself the
> home of Lexan (GE Plastics) and has a road named Dan Fox Drive; I have
> been told that Dan Fox was the inventor but have not tried to verify
> that.
>
>
>
>
> Reply to NG only - this e.mail address goes to a kill file.

From the Company files, http://www.gelexan.com/gelexan/fox_bio.html

Bill




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