The special tip design carves through the plastic not for use with wood or metal.
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Drilling holes in plexiglass can be challenging.
Using the right kind of tools is important when working with many types of plastics.
Plexiglass lexan plastic drill bits these are the bits you need for drilling plexiglass lexan polycarbonate petg and other clear plastics.
Drill bits for plexiglass lexan and other plastics.
They are available in hardware stores and online.
Specialty drill bits prevent the cracking and chipping.
Many diy plexiglass and lexan sheet projects require a hole or two.
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Place the drill perpendicular to the acrylic sheet and set the drill to medium speed immediately.
These bits have a different geometric structure that is designed to puncture acrylic more easily and they are less likely to melt plexiglass.
There are precautions that you must take to ensure that the hole does not get hot and melt the acrylic sheet or that the exit side of the acrylic sheet does not crack.
Alternatively you can acquire plexiglass drill bits that are compatible with normal drillers.
You can also use a drill press working at about 500 to 1000 rpm.
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It takes a special drill bit to properly drill through plexiglas lucite acrylite or perspex acrylic sheet.
Standard metal drill bits will work but without extensive modification the metal drill bit will crack and chip the brittle acrylic sheet.
With the necessary equipment ensure you practice the drilling process on smaller pieces of plexiglass sheet before you work on the main sheet.
Plexiglass is a clear plastic lightweight alternative to glass.
Drilling holes in acrylic sheet.
If you drill a few holes in wood or aluminium first the sharp edge will be worn down a little and you can then use the drill for drilling acrylic.
Buy a plexiglass drill or plexiglass drill bits that can be used with a regular drill.
These bits had a nice and slow bite and did a great job extracting the drilled material out of the hole.
Designed specifically for plexiglass and polycarbonate lexan these drill bits are great tools for drilling through plastic sheets.
Often the traditional drill bits used for metal and wood chip and crack the plexiglass while drilling through its surface.
The chip should break off immediately.
If this is not the case the.
