Acryllic table inset

[REG]

An inset for a patio table. The panel is a 21" X 48.5" X .375" UV stabilzed smoke acryllic. The entire carve was done with a 90 degree X .50" bit. Kept the cutter around 7000 rpm; feed at 75 ipm, plunge at 15 ipm.
The carve will be faced down giving a opaque/etched image of the carve from the top side.

Table top underside

[wolffie]

I LIKE
Wolffie

[tonydude]

Great idea. Like it.

Tony

[Keith Hodges]

Looks great! Getting ready to do some acrylic 3D carvings myself shortly. the acrylic stock was delivered day before yesterday, so can't wait to play!

[hdtheater]

That looks great! Thanks for the bit setting info. Did you have to do a lot of cleanup afterward? How easy did it machine for y9ou?

I cleaned out dome scrap the other day and found a sheet of acrylic. Now I need to find a use for it.

-Eric

[REG]

That looks great! Thanks for the bit setting info. Did you have to do a lot of cleanup afterward? How easy did it machine for y9ou?

I cleaned out dome scrap the other day and found a sheet of acrylic. Now I need to find a use for it.

-Eric

Yes, there was a lot of cleanup. Acrylic shavings love to "cling". Every surface from the Shark to the hose and canister of the shop vac had acrylic shavings. I have the luxury of moving my Shark to outside but problem is, acrylic doesn't decompose or wash away like wood shavings so I vacuum as best I can.

If you have a good sharp bit and keep the travel adjusted to under 75 ipm it machines well without overloading the router. I did find that the 75 ipm is perfect for a line cut to about 1/8' depth. Any deeper causes some chatter on the bit so the deep carves on the fleur de lis I would slow down travel to about 50 ipm. using FRO on the controller.

I suggest testing on a scrap of the same acrylic with the bit you intend to use. Acrylics tend to behave differently in the thickness and type (cast or extruded) and density.

Bobby