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Originally Posted by gollytwo
(Post 5006641)
I've been having shapes cut by my local glass guy for years. I get somewhere between an 1/8"-1/4" thickness of plexiglass. He's done a great job on all straight line shapes; tried but couldn't do curves accurately.
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What a great idea!
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Good to know . Thank you
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I wanted a special size too and didn't want to use the thin plastic. Our local hardware store doesn't offer cutting service, but said we could score the plexiglass with a utility knife and it would break clean. So I bought a small sheet of plexiglass to try it. Well, the scoring/breaking didn't work very well. Then we tried a jigsaw and it worked great. I got the boys in the house involved - they love any excuse to get out the power tools.
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Originally Posted by ACD_Donna
(Post 5006819)
- they love any excuse to get out the power tools.
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Originally Posted by QuiltE
(Post 5006616)
Another hint ... you can have them drill holes into the pieces for you, for hanging on nails, or in my case, a set of ten pieces for a house pattern, then I was able to tie them all together as I knew it was risky to lose one piece, and not so likely the whole bunch would disappear if all together!
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Originally Posted by QuiltnNan
(Post 5006936)
Another GREAT hint!!! I should have thought of that. Although, I do have drills here that I use... I'm just afraid of breaking the ruler :)
I'm like you, that I'd be apt to make them crack or shatter .... or would get the edge unevenly cut or worse still with a sharp edge that'd late cut me! This way he does the accuracy, and if it goes wrong, he re-cuts without me knowing. All the edges are polished smooth, just as they are with our "official" rulers! Now if we could only come up with a way for the ruler/line markings to be included in all directions, just as the others have. I did ask if there was a way he could scratch/mark it in, but no. Yes, I know that we could put it on with a Sharpie or the like ... but the accuracy just wouldn't be so perfect plus I'd be worried the permanent ink might not be so permanent and no doubt would come off onto a white fabric! :) |
I had them cut a template for me also. Worked great.
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not knowing much about the dear jane stuff......why was the template from EZ not right, it was made for the Dear Jane project? Why did you have to have another, larger one made.....just curious.....am contemplating diving into the dear jane phemon and that is reason for this question....
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Wow I didn't know that. Wonder if Lowes will do it too?
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