Drilling large holes to drill a hole in acrylite sheet greater than 1 25 4 mm a circle cutter may be used.
Drilling holes in acrylic sheets.
Ensure you go slow stop often to cool the drill and always support the sheet.
If this is not the case the drill is too slow.
Unlike drilling a hole through metal or wood plexiglass sheets call for extra caution.
Drilling holes in acrylic requires the use of a drill bit specially designed for use with plastics.
The chip should break off immediately.
Press only lightly on the drill the drill must sink itself through the material.
This barrier may be a piece of wood that you would not mind drilling into.
However the likelihood of melting chipping cracking or breaking the acrylic is much higher.
It is possible to drill acrylic with regular metal drill bits.
Before you start drilling you ought to place a barrier below the plexiglass.
This barrier will help avoid cracking of the sheet when drilling the final hole.
Drilling holes in acrylic sheet place the drill perpendicular to the acrylic sheet and set the drill to medium speed immediately.