Cutting plastic with a band saw.

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What would be better for cutting 1/16 and 1/8 inch plastic (lucite) with a band saw: a metal cutting blade which has 24 tpi, more than one needs to do a smooth job, or a wood cutting blade with 6 tpi, fewer than one needs I think to do a smooth job.

I don't know why, but I"m afraid the metal-cutting blade either won't cut or will overheat and melt the plastic; and that the coars wood blade with chip and crack the plastic.

I know I can just try this, but it's a pain to change blades, and I wanted to ask you guys anyhow.

[dachief123]

a fine tooth plywood blade works great or buy a lucite cutting blade for the tablesaw

if you insist on the band saw.....the finer the teeth the better, the more teeth the better. so I guess from the blades you seem to have..........the metal 24 tpi works best. pull it apart after it melts together from the heat build up.

[Frank]

Check the Lucite fabrication guide here:

what you need to know.

Frank

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Thanks. And thanks to dachief, too.