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Cutting acrylic plastic for case? Would a dremel or drill+milling table work?

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cdev:
I have some clear and also some UV fluorescent colored acrylic plastic material I would like to use for electronics cases if it's possible to do it neatly.

What do people use for something like this, besides a laser? All the pieces of plastic I have appear to be between 1 and 2 mm thick.

I have a dremel, also Ive thought about using my drill press horizontally. I could likely do straight cuts with that- Because its pretty plastic, however, I would like to get a nice smooth cut. Maybe its possible to do that with some kind of abrasive lubricant?

JackJones:
I just use a hacksaw. You do need to clean the cut with sandpaper but I've never really had any problems.

cdev:
How do you get straight cuts? I have never been so good with a hand hacksaw as far as it looking good cosmetically. On wood, etc, my cuts always wander a bit.

JackJones:
I guess it's just a matter of experience. Once you get some practice in you should be able to get a pretty nice cut.

Fred27:
Acrylic cuts really nicely on a CNC mill/router without any lubricant. I'd have thought using your pillar drill would be OK if you used an endmill in it. Not ideal to have lateral loads on the bearings but it should work.

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