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21-07-2006, 20:23

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Re: Cutting Lexan

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Originally Posted by sparksandtabs

Acrylic is another name for Plexiglas.*shivers* But I was thinking to get good cuts that are all uniform. But I recently found out that www.pololu.com does laser cutting EXTREMELY cheap so I am going to look into that.

Just a note... acrylic is the real name for Plexiglass. Just like polycarbonate is the same thing as Lexan. These are just registered names of the same plastic.

But yea. Laser cutting works fine, watercutting is pretty slick too.

I suggest trying EDM too. You'll get interesting results

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