Plexi Glass.

[tetters]

This is some cool stuff, expensive, but still cool. I bought a small sheet of some 3/8" clear stuff it last night. Pretty easy to cut and snap with the proper scribing tool. I can already see a use for it as a boarder around my harbour area instead of plain ol' Masonite hard board.

My Question is does anyone have any experience on how to get a nice clear finished edge on the stuff?

Thanks.

[ezdays]

To start with, you need to sand it as smooth as you can, use progressively finer grit until the score marks and any saw marks are out. Then you can use a torch to "flame polish" the edges. Just run the flame back and forth, not stopping in any one place and you'll see where the edge surface melts just a bit to give you your polished edge. Keep it on too long and you wind up with toast. The smoother it is to start with, the quicker it will polish.

If you don't want to try that, you need to polish it with a buffing wheel, but the same thing can happen, you can melt or burn the edges if you're not careful.

[tetters]

O.k. I've read that in a couple of other places too. Thanks as always Don.

Sounds like a job for the outdoors too.

[Sarge]

Great tip.

I have been wanting to build a display case with a plexiglass cover. This will work for me

[ezdays]

That's on my list of things to do as well, a display case with sliding plastic windows. Oh gee, not another project.