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  • Oct 24, 2012, 01:33 PM
    kjfi
    how do I cut the plastic lens for my fluorescent light in half
    I could not find 2ft x 2ft plastic lens es for my lights so I bought 4ft x 2ft and will cut them in half except they started cracking.
  • Oct 24, 2012, 01:40 PM
    ma0641
    You need an acrylic cutting knife. It is a knife with a very small hook end that grooves the sheet so it can be snapped. Definite PIA to cut sheet, particularly cheaper styrene.
  • Oct 24, 2012, 01:41 PM
    smearcase
    Possibly with the material clamped between two pieces of plywood or other wood, then using a paneling (fine) blade placed backwards (front of blade becomes the back side) in a circular saw..
    That is how I would try to cut it, like the way I have cut some types of plexiglass but I have never tried it with the lenses you have described. Wear safety glasses in all cases and good luck.
  • Oct 25, 2012, 07:05 AM
    drtom4444
    I have cut that cheap material and you need to clamp it and use a plexiglass knife to cut it. Make sure and score the material almost all the way through before trying to snap it in two. Any error and it will break wrong.

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