How NOT to Drill Acrylic

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Күн бұрын

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@Samuelfish2k 11 ай бұрын

Well yea if you turn and jamb it like he did at the end of course you’re going to fuck it up. Smh.

@brockjensen2473 5 ай бұрын

Put a piece of painters tape over your desired drill spot. Slowly drill with a gradual force until you have successfully gotten through the material

@connerayers5805 8 ай бұрын

With plexiglass that thin or a little thicker than that you can just take you're drill and have the bit spin backwards to burn through it and if you do it that way without too much force it'll work every time

@aaftiyoDkcdicurak 8 ай бұрын

That's some true knowledge if I've ever heard it👍

@anticegelibenez 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! I'll give that a shot definitely

@robcarter533 3 ай бұрын

😂 Looked like a clean rounded hole to me on the "standing up" non supported piece, THEN you showed a busted out hole!

@ronofthenorth9302 8 ай бұрын

In my grade 9 shop class (1976) I cracked some plastic sheet while drilling a hole. My shop teacher took the drill bit over to the grinder and ground down the face so it ‘rubs’ the plastic / plexiglass instead of biting into it. Worked like a charm.

@CplCheeto 9 күн бұрын

a regular split point (130-145°) drill bit will drill acrylic just fine. it's better to use a slow spiral or straight flute drill bit so it doesn't attempt to pull the bit through the sheet. you should always drill with a solid backing (table top, aluminum flat bar, anything that the sheet can sit on or against without moving around) if possible.

@Ikimono 2 ай бұрын

Im glad I found this video, because the comments not only told me how to do it, but how this video was doing it wrong. Enjoy your damn algorithm engagement from my comment you monster.

@bbyeler 5 ай бұрын

just turn your dril Direction to reverse when drilling plexiglass not need special tools

@bluefallon6374 3 ай бұрын

It’s interesting that with the same drill the common drill you didn’t put it down on the plywood or the wood whatever the same way as you did the other one, you held it up with no pressure on the back, and therefore it was more likely to fail, just an observation, not here to cause any waves.

@lazer2521 5 ай бұрын

I want to cut out shapes in to these plastic planner discs. Would using a dremel work?

@jamescue7464 Жыл бұрын

Would it do that if one were to drill a hole while the sheet is supported underneath, like in the second part of the video?

@tapplastics Жыл бұрын

If you’re not using a plastic drill bit, yes, it is way more likely to crack, supported or not!

@wahmhofftechnologies6621 Жыл бұрын

@@tapplasticsprove it.

@question_it_701 Жыл бұрын

@@wahmhofftechnologies6621Go find out yourself. Acrylic, especially thinner varieties, crack very easily when drilling.

@victimofpsychiatry 11 ай бұрын

I can’t remember parts of my school D&T days 😅 Do we need to cover the top with another sheet or something to make it better?

@jeremyduarte9129 Жыл бұрын

Which drill bit is that

@tvolz40 7 ай бұрын

The plasic bit is smaller giving it additional advantage over the larger wood/metal bit. Still think special bits would be beter then increasing whole sice a 32nd at a time

@cavsomecadence6117 6 ай бұрын

Burn (reverse drill) and dont push down. I burn-in wood that may crack or split. Tape will keep scrap from scatching unsealed plastic.

@RickyCastle 8 ай бұрын

The trick is to have it flat like on wood and use a step bit.

@sebastienheujeune7045 2 ай бұрын

I did .. it broke ... lol. did he shape the drill bite first. ???

@jamespatrick2924 6 ай бұрын

Not to mention he didn’t even support the plexiglass when using the regular drill bit

@JuanRunnells 2 ай бұрын

use a dulled bit.

@millionadollarbaby666 9 ай бұрын

what kin of drill bit? for wood or for metal?

@sakshamchugh11 6 ай бұрын

I have also same question

@laethe230 6 ай бұрын

I saw it on Amazon, plasdrill bit. It's special for acrylic and lexan

@prabhuja7554 2 ай бұрын

Ha ha its the technique that mattered

@cgxedit8598 7 ай бұрын

Music name ?

@wayne8797 19 күн бұрын

My man here selling snake oil, or should I say, snake bits?

@vegaspitbikes 5 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@SastrawinataGendon 4 ай бұрын

Tolil

@dannythedoodle Ай бұрын

Rubbish. There's the obvious point that you had no support behind the first one so of course it's going to move around. Also, you used a larger drill bit on the first one AND you punched it all the way through and wiggled the drill back and forth. Pointless.