Hey all, I make guitar picks from acrylic and would like to be able to thin it down somehow to be able to offer different gauges.
I tried it on the band facer but it was difficult to hold something so small up to it and it flew off never to be seen again!
Any ideas?
Thinning down acrylic?
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Re: Thinning down acrylic?
Use hot glue or double sided tape to hold the piece of acrylic to a larger handle when thinning. Alternatively buy thinner acrylic stock ;)
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Re: Thinning down acrylic?
That is a good idea. However, I won't have long term access to a band facer so I'm looking for alternatives and I can't find thinner acrylic.Rorschach wrote:Use hot glue or double sided tape to hold the piece of acrylic to a larger handle when thinning. Alternatively buy thinner acrylic stock ;)
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Re: Thinning down acrylic?
Make up a lapping plate using wet and dry abrasive paper stuck to a large sheet of thick float glass.
How much material are we talking about removing here?
How much material are we talking about removing here?
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Re: Thinning down acrylic?
I don't know what a lapping plate is haha.Rorschach wrote:Make up a lapping plate using wet and dry abrasive paper stuck to a large sheet of thick float glass.
How much material are we talking about removing here?
I'm usually trying to thin down 3mm Acrylic by 1-2mm.