Thread: First scales with Acrylic Perspex

I dabbled with making a set of scales with Fuchsia Acrylic perspex.

I read a member that said this could make some nice scales so i tried it.

Found a sheet on ebay and ordered it then went at it.

Now the only power tools i have is a disc belt sander so i have to cut by hand using a coping saw.

Now this acrylic is a little tougher to cut so i also used a blade to make some grooves on it and snap it instead of just sawing it.

As far as the sanding that went well uasing 120 grit till 2000 and then some Mothers mag polish which worked well.

A lot of sanding was on the machine to make the shape as with the coping saw i didn't see it happening.

It turned out pretty neat.



Now it's in my honing garage for a tune up with my stones.

Scales came out nice, your right it is a great color.
Respectfully,
Christian

Hi ! My name is Vincent and I'm an acrylic addict too...

Try and take your picture in natural daylight, the flashlight does not justice to you work.

Here's one of my custom restoraiton with acrylic :



Welcome to the club !

Originally Posted by dudness

Hi ! My name is Vincent and I'm an acrylic addict too...

Try and take your picture in natural daylight, the flashlight does not justice to you work.

Here's one of my custom restoraiton with acrylic :



Welcome to the club !

I like those scales,will be my next shape.

Do you have a good way to cut acrylic if you have no power tools?

I have ordered black,blue,red and white for now.

I like using acrylic as well. I find cutting it with a coping saw is fine. A dremel with a sanding cylinder is good for first shaping and getting rid of the saw marks, but I have done it just with 240 grit sandpaper (just takes a bit longer). For rounding off the edges I found the dremel to be too aggressive and I only use sandpaper for that.

(My best effort so far is here.)

I use a cutting disk for wood on my Dremel, but I found that a scie à chantourner (don't know how I can translate that) will do just fine.

Matt, nice scales too !

Edit : I also found that a transparent acrylic wedge is wonderful on those scales - in general, acrylic makes very good looking and easy to shape wedges.
You find transparent acrylic in cars, on the dashboard.

A couple of my friends liked this purplish color so i made them scales also.

Just got to pin them now.