The hacks and tricks in this article will make cutting your plastic sheets easier. There are a lot of ways to cut the sheet by hand, but not all of them work for every situation.

[Julius Curt] needed to mark acrylic panels with a bit more clarity than the usual way of rastering the surface, so they attempted to 3D print directly to an acrylic sheet, which worked perfectly. … ...

Tom Tuckey, Midwest regional manager for E & T Plastics, based in Blaine, Minn., wanted a unique solution to cut large plastic sheets. That’s why he turned to Colter & Peterson for a new 137 ...

Onsrud Cutter LP, which makes tooling for routers, has introduced a line of tools designed to cut acrylic sheet. The 63-500 series of solid-carbide, spiral “O” flute tools will produce a ...

Recent papers published in ACS journals report new insights into the origins of some microscopic plastic pieces: laser-cut acrylic sheets, orthodontic rubber bands and children’s food containers.

This short video from Fedtech describes the benefits of waterjet cutting and capabilities of the process. It also provides a demonstration of the waterjet process cutting plastic sheet.