Ed, Any saw you use will create a lot of heat. With that in mind, keep a light feed rate in place so the saw doesn't create extra friction. You should be able to use a circular saw too, as long as you have a fine tooth blade. For a 7 and a quarter inch blade I'd want something like a 40 tooth blade and again just move slowly. I've cut quarter inch Plexiglas this way with no problems other than all the dust that went inside my shirt...
----- Original Message ----- From: Edward Przybylek To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 2:29 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Cutting Nylon Hi Dale, I tried using a utility knife but it barely made a scratch in the nylon. I'm going to borrow my brother's jigsaw and see if that works. Thanks. Take care, Ed From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 5:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Cutting Nylon Have you tried first scoring it with the point of a sharp utility knife then folding it away from the scored side to snap it? It may not come fully away but you can then just run the blade along the holding bit to separate the pieces. I used to have a hooked knife with a carbide tip for scoring laminate which worked well for that sort of thing. You might be able to cut it with a jig saw particularly if you have an orbital variable speed one that you can slow fully down. Heat is your enemy with a power tool. Another possibility might be a sheet metal guillotine. That thick, I doubt would cut even with a very heavy duty paper cleaver but some are remarkably capable, they will remove fingers. ----- Original Message ----- From: Edward Przybylek To: [email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 5:04 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Cutting Nylon Hi all, I'm trying to cut a quarter inch thick sheet of nylon. So far I've tried using a 80 tooth circular saw blade and another that has teeth like a hacksaw blade. In both cases, the cut was terrible and there was a lot of melted nylon along the path of the cut. I also tried to cut the sheet with a utility knife but this wasn't very successful either. Does anyone have any suggestions on the best way to cut nylon? Any help greatly appreciated. Take care, Ed Przybylek [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
