Cutting

This is probably about halfway through. I'm applying learnings from the pear print. First is to use hearing protection, a face mask, and respirator. Second is to leave the edges of the plate intact until all of the fine cutting is done. This reduces the chance of breaking the plate while cutting. Third is that the jigsaw can actually be used like a router, by gently sweeping the blade side to side. This works better than the end mill in the rotary tool because the endmill sometimes catches and pulls past the cut line. The fourth learning is that ball mills and sand paper grinding wheels work better for FPVC than end mills.

This is probably about halfway through. I’m applying learnings from the pear print. First is to use hearing protection, a face mask, and respirator. Second is to leave the edges of the plate intact until all of the fine cutting is done. This reduces the chance of breaking the plate while cutting. Third is that the jigsaw can actually be used like a router, by gently sweeping the blade side to side. This works better than the end mill in the rotary tool because the endmill sometimes catches and pulls past the cut line. The fourth learning is that ball mills and sand paper grinding wheels work better for FPVC than end mills.

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