Super sound 23

Hello

Does anyone know of any tools design for cutting thinner gauge plastic like styrene . I have an Olfa circle cutter but it never leaves me with a really nice clear round hole that I desire, skip a tad hard to hold somewhat my guess not really design to cut the material I am trying to cut ? Anyway need to cut an nice round hole in plastic panel a tad small that a dime Any help appreciated

rgburrill

I have put an exacto knife in a drawing compass before but not for plastic. I don't know why it wouldn't work.

RBACONS

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I would suspect a Forstner bit might do the job. They do cut the cleanest circles. I would stick the material to a piece of backing with a light spray of 3M 77 to help control any tendency to tear coming through the backside of the material. Mineral spirits removes any trace of the 3M 77 but I would test on a piece of scrap material first.

tcrowson

Depending on the hole size you want Harbor Freight sells a 9 size punch set which will punch holes from 1/8" to 3/4" diameter the
the stock/sku # is 95547.
Tas

DGrant

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Since you said smaller than a dime, you might try a piece of brass tubing sharpened on the inside (take an X-acto, insert it in the tube, and spin the inside edge against the blade)... I'm thinking this might work since you mentioned thinner gauge styrene type plastic. You could even heat the tube up and "hot-knife" it to cut it easier(like the old days of hot-knifing plastic models.. ha).. just a few thoughts there. Other then that, I like the punch idea too. Good luck.

Super sound 23

Hi thank you everyone for the information I went with a hole punch made by General tools and it worked very well

Thanks again