You can drill acrylic. A sharp wood bit is preferred and a slow speed, with light pressure. For odd holes, etc., a dremel tool is your best bet and if you have one, a dremel stand helps stay steady and square. I use carbide bits and a fairly slow speed to put odd shaped holes in acrylic. Again, the hardest part here is to keep the tool from jumping. If you can secure the acrylic and use a dremel routing attachment, you can stop those issues.
Same with drilling. If you can't put some wood behind the acrylic, make sure to secure it so it can't move of flip if the bit grabs. For holes I usually outline the area to be cut with masking tape. It's easier when your cutting to see the edge than if you are counting on seeing a line scribe on the acrylic. Experiment on a scrap piece to get the right speed. Once you get a little time with acrylic, it's easier than wood. jeroen2 wrote: > Thanks, that does look a lot easier than I thought it would be. I might > give it a try. But, how do you deal with the more complicated drilling? > (buttons on the front, connectors in the back) That's the part I found > most challenging. > > (and apologies for being completely off topic in the Linux forum :o ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Howard Passman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16674 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=113708 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
