I am going to buy some thin acrylic at Home Depot tomorrow for my DIY sump. What tools do you guys use? Here is what im buying tomorrow http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc...splay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053
What do you guys use to cut through thin acrylic?
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You should be able to score the acrylic using a utility knife then just break it on a flat edge like your kitchen counter. Make sure to go over the cut about 7-8 times before you break it, a new blade/knife would be good to pick up while at home depot too.
This goes without saying, but don't cut yourself... utility knives can open you up before you know what happen.
Good luck.
This goes without saying, but don't cut yourself... utility knives can open you up before you know what happen.
Good luck.
table saw with a sharp clean blade, you have to keep the acrylic moving though or heat generated from the blade will start to melt it
A note on Score & Snap, make sure the score line is straight. 
Helps if you can get a straight edge or something to use as a guide. If your line curves even a little bit, that curve will still be there after you snap. At the price of acrylic from Home Depot, cutting mistakes can kill the bank account.
When I cut some acrylic for my sump, I used a jig saw with a guide, and polished the edges with a dremel. Worked fairly well.
Helps if you can get a straight edge or something to use as a guide. If your line curves even a little bit, that curve will still be there after you snap. At the price of acrylic from Home Depot, cutting mistakes can kill the bank account.When I cut some acrylic for my sump, I used a jig saw with a guide, and polished the edges with a dremel. Worked fairly well.
i agree with score and snap that's how i did it and it worked fine. i smoothed it over with some sandpaper afterwards.
right were u find the acrylic u can find the acrylic cuter they work great but for all my DIY projects that i need to cut acrylic i go to a local glass cuter and the sold me the acrylic and cut it for me for like 34 bucks and all the cut were right on 
my DIY sump just a ten gallon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nl2vgHFC6o
my DIY sump just a ten gallon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nl2vgHFC6o
The Real 118;4575998; said:right were u find the acrylic u can find the acrylic cuter they work great but for all my DIY projects that i need to cut acrylic i go to a local glass cuter and the sold me the acrylic and cut it for me for like 34 bucks and all the cut were right on
my DIY sump just a ten gallon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nl2vgHFC6o
Woah! Thank You! I hope I can make mine as cheap as yours.
What gallon tank is this sump filtering?