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- From: EPLUS17@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu (Richard Engelbrecht-Wiggans)
- Subject: Re: Cutting plexiglass
- References: <1993Jan19.215422.21313@mlb.semi.harris.com> <dubin.727550682@spot.Colorado.EDU> <1993Jan22.111139.1276@mala.bc.ca>
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- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 03:30:23 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan22.111139.1276@mala.bc.ca>
- wagner@mala.bc.ca writes:
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- >In article <dubin.727550682@spot.Colorado.EDU>, Mark W. Dubin writes:
- >> With regards to cutting plexiglass:
- >>
- >> The obvious problems are chipping and melting due to heating from
-
- >I cut both aluminum and plexi on both my chop saw and my table saw by a liberal
- >application of bees wax. I get mine in a cardboard tube from my fine woods sup-
- >plier. I use a hollow ground "fire tooth" plywood blade. (it's also useful for
- >the bandsaw as I find it keeps the blade from jamming on tight radiuses). Just
- >start the unit and rub it on the sides of the blade. Cut a little into the tube
- >to fill the teeth and cut away. Seems to keep chips clearing and keep heat down
- >at the same time (By aluminum, I don't mean sheets, only bar and other stocks).
- >--
- A couple of years ago, I needed to rip some square aluminum
- tubing and used my circular saw with a (non-ferous) metal =
- cutting blade. Had problems at first due to heat build up. a
- I didn't have anything better at hand, so I used candle wax to
- lubricate the blade...take a 12" long candle, hold it at one end,
- and briefly touch the other to the spinning blade every foot )
- or so of cutting. Worked for me (and I still have all my fingers).
-
- ..Richard E+17
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