Laminating Acrylic...

[keapople]

Okay, so if I am trying to laminate acrylic pieces together to make a blank before prepping, I always end up with some slight imperfections in my seams.

I read in Show off pens that someone used Heat to help...

How would you do that to insure the seams are gapless?

Thanks
kirby

 

[txbatons]

I use a belt sander and clamps when I prepare acrylic blanks, trying to get the pieces as flat as possible for a good fit.

 

[stevers]

I was going to suggest that as well. Get the suffices as true as possible before glue up. Maybe set up a jig to get nice flat cuts.

 

[redfishsc]

It's very hard to beat a good saw-and-blade combination. I typically use the tooling we have at our shop--- a Powermatic 66 tablesaw or a huge DeWalt 12" miter saw. Both are overkill but cost me nothing to use.
So long as you cut slowly, your saw has nearly NO runout, and you have a sharp blade, you should be able to cut some sweeeeeet joints in acrylic.