Can anyone give my any tips and things to watch out when cutting HDPE? Also does HDPE warp after cutting?
Thanks in advance,
Richard
Can anyone give my any tips and things to watch out when cutting HDPE? Also does HDPE warp after cutting?
Thanks in advance,
Richard
I do alot of HDPE and have never had anything warp. As far as tips and thing to watch for, the stuff cuts like butter but don't get cocky because it is a real pain in the (explitive) to try and sand and polish out a rough edge. I use plastic cutting endmills from harvey tools, the o-flute is great and depending on what your actually doing so do the standard 2-flute mills.
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Plus it does not stay put. once you cut through you can't rely on vacuum to keep it in place. so a onion skin or tabs help. I also nail down the corners of the sheet to make sure.
good point Steve, I always use an onion skin for the sake of my spoilboard but I have cut some pieces thru and only the really small ones jump out on me.
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Thanks for the advice.
I also have a stupid huge vaccuum pump we purchased along with out Bot. Pulls 10 to 13 Hg across the full sheet....
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