In other cost-cutting moves, Trinseo in the last year has sold an acrylic sheet plant in Matamoros, Mexico, to Plaskolite LLC, closed a styrene monomer plant and a polycarbonate resin line in ...

Below 60 degrees, leave a 1/8-in. gap. After installation, cover the gap with acrylic or urethane caulk. Avoid silicone-based caulks; they don't adhere well to vinyl.

Laser cutting works by directing a laser together with a motion control system to follow a pattern to be cut out of a sheet of material. The laser either melts, burns, vaporizes away the material, or ...

What I've done is sandwich the acrylic sheet between 1/4" thick plywood sheets, this keeps it from flexing & cracking, drill a pilot hole first, then use a drill press with a hole saw attachment.

Replace the Acrylic in an Existing Enclosure Design The only problem with refitting an existing enclosure designed for 3 mm acrylic sheets is that 4 mm corrugated plastic may not fit because they ...

Sadly, the usual CO2-powered suspects in the DIY laser cutter market are woefully incapable of cutting metal. Sure, they’ll cut the heck out of plywood and acrylic, and most will do a decent … ...