Did this for someone, turned out pretty good. I gave the guy samples of different stepover settings for the drag bit. He actually wanted .0125 which to me seemed to course.
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Looks great!
Can you say anything about your feeds/speeds for the acrylic, and where you got your acrylic from? I have had mixed results in cutting – some comes out great and some is a melted mess.
One consideration on acrylic is that method of manufacture can make a difference — cast (usually comes covered w/ adhesive paper on each side) cuts easily while extruded (usually has a plastic film on each side) is difficult to cut.
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Will is correct,
I use Cast Acrylic, it’s not something you can get at a home improvement stores.
Feeds was 50 inch/min plunge rate 10 inch/min, depth per pass was .07", speed was 3.5 on a dewalt.
I used a 2 flute bit
Drag bit settings were 100 inch/min and the depth/pressure was .25"
I purchased it on Amazon
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I get all of my cast acrylic from estreetplastics. Almost half the price compared to Amazon. Great service and they deliver very fast. 24" by 48" 1/4" thick is about $38.99. Amazon is $54.05
https://www.estreetplastics.com/Clear-Plexiglass-Acrylic-Sheets-1-4-Thick-s/28.htm
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if you are local to NOLA area you can get some cast acrylic sheets at Hub hobbies. just ask. Johnson plastics has / had some good pricing as well.
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If only you’d said that a few days ago. I could’ve dropped by there when mb and I drove down from BTR to see Hamilton at the Saenger on Tuesday. Well, I’ll just not show mb jmarks’ cool Saints light-up just yet. 