I plan to use the TS to cut my Acrylic. Can/should I use a plane to clean up the edges for gluing? Any better suggestions? BTW, The only plane I have was last used as a boat anchor on the QEII.
What sort of clamping for butt joints? Plain ol' corner clamp?
I seem to have read that respirators are useless for Methyl Chloride?
How does one store Methyl Chloride? The guy at the plastics shop said that the can wouldn't last a week once I broke the seal. Would some Teflon tape on the threads extend this any?
No. Get a Dreadnought file instead - a rasp with wide, curved teeth. Commonly used for working car body filler. For a really smooth finish, go to a coarse metalworking file, then a fine file, then silicon carbide paper, then polishing compound.
I rarely clamp, except with my fingers. You should get a reasonably fast tack for solvent welding. Normal clamping won't hurt though.
It's hardly Arsine. Just don't sniff the stuff - unless you're one of those delicate Californian flowers who probably think it's instant death. Maybe Arnie is afraid of solvent damage to his cogwheels ?
Use sensible ventilation and yes, you can get respirator filters for it. You're only solvent welding, so you don't need much. Paint stripping will give you far more exposure.
Mine's in a big glass bottle with a plastic anti-breakage wrapper - normal lab reagent bottle.
Evaporation will tend to do that. Dichlor is a bit infamous for this.
Not unless you re-thread the can with a tapered thread. Just try some
One thing to be aware of is that unlike some materials, cutting faster is usually better than cutting slower with plexi. If you cut too slow, the heat builds up, the plastic starts to melt onto the blade, and then you've got a real mess.
It's been a long time since I worked with plexi, but when I did, what we used to do was have an air hose blowing on the blade to get better cooling. It probably wasn't necessary, but it didn't hurt either :-)
An easy way to finish the edge of plexi is with a torch. Use an open flame near the edge but not too close and it polishes and seals the edge to a finished state. We once had to make over 100 little plexi shelves. We were sanding for hours when someone showed us this trick. max
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