Cutting acrylic in place

What might be the best way to cut the acrylic? I could spend £30 on a Dremel tool but it sounds like overkill. A jigsaw will not work since the wall is on the other side of the sheet. The score and break method is not right for this job. Keep going round and round but coming back to the Dremel. There must be an alternative?.

Eric

How about a fine spiral cut drill bit, like this

Easier and cheaper than buying more tools. Although, more tools means easier jobs in the future.

:-)

Sounds like a job for - tara - MultiMaster.

My Bosch would be to heavy for a little job like acrylic sheet. Although, now you mention it, there is a ceramic blade that might just do it. I'd like to try it on a spare bit of sheet first though, but it might just be the very thing for this type of job.

On with the goggles to go and try it. :-)

No, I think a dremel - a damn good powerful one, is the way to go.

I'd say the semi-circular saw blade that came with my Fein perfect for this - use at a slow speed to prevent melting.

Simply not in the same league as a Fein - I've got both. Dremels are toys.

The beauty of the Fein is the saw blade reciprocates. A rotary one hand held is *far* more difficult to control. So to cut a straight line following a mark with the Fein requires little skill.

I idnt find any difficulty in controlling the die grinder cutting acrylic. Not enough torque I guess. FWIW select max speed if its variable, its the locally generated heat that does most of the cutting.

NT