Pig of the Week Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Has any of you chaps some ideas on the following... I'm wanting to "stack cut" say six 1mm evergreen styrene sheets to create and ensure six identical flat, shaped components in one go as it were. I'm wondering if anyone can suggest a good and accessible way of sticking the sheets together for cutting, that can then be separated without too much drama. The final shapes are only circa 2½ ins by 1 ins so not massive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krow113 Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 3M double back tape. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 I use a NWSL Chopper for such tasks. It includes fence and mitre capabilities to make repetitive cuts. As it relies on a single-edge razor blade, it can't cut too thick a material. IMHO, trying to stack the material and cut as a single operation would likely result is miscuts under the top layer. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig of the Week Posted March 16, 2021 Author Share Posted March 16, 2021 Thanks guys, Tbh I'm probably being lazy here, I've done similar stuff in real life 1-1 scale with sheet steel but perhaps expecting a bit much of plasticard ! I'll try a just couple of thicknesses with double sided tape as an experiment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scimitar F1 Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Find someone a silhouette or Cricut cutter and ask them to crack it for you as they will be able to cut as many identical sheets as you need 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig of the Week Posted March 16, 2021 Author Share Posted March 16, 2021 I just looked up cricut machines, they look like an interesting piece of kit ! ...Unfortunately don't know anyone who has one, and they're not cheap, but good to know for future reference, I'd never heard of them ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krow113 Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 I have a Silhouette Portrait device. I use Inkscape to create the line drawings and a plugin (https://github.com/fablabnbg/inkscape-silhouette) to directly drive the cutter from Inkscape. This is great for Firsket and masking tape. As for plastic, my 1st-gen device can only cut very thin plastic; the newer models are supposed to do much better. Here's a simple wheel mask I recently did along with a shot of the plugin And here are the sheet parts for a Mark 21-2 mount I did for a 1/48 LCM And the resulting parts (the mounts elevate and depress) 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krow113 Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ade H Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 I have a Cricut Explore 2 and I only mention it because it can't, as far as know, cut plastic stock as thick as 1mm. Only the top-of-the-range Cricut Maker can do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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