Acrylic is a wonderful plastic that can be used for all sorts of different projects. It comes in both transparent and colored options, and can be machined, laser cut, or heated and bent into almost any shape. Often substituted for glass, acrylic, also called plexiglass or lucite is lighter in weight by up to 50% with greater transparency.

Extruded acrylic costs less than cast. It is easier to laser cut. It is polished more cost effectively. It is less susceptible to dirt. It is better suited to cementing and thermoforming because of lower melting point than cast acrylic

If acrylic comes out of a table saw it can have sharp edges, which makes it difficult to handle. Use edge scraper tool to soften the edges

For bevelled ir bulldozed edge feed the plastic into a router

After the piece is routed you can flame polish it

1. Flame polishing works well om acrylic but dies not work well on other plastics like polycarbonate

2. Propane gas is not hot enough for the torch, instead use mathgas

3. If sanding is done (orbital sander), then finish it with buffing (using buffing wheel)

4. One the edge is polished, never try to glue it. Only glue non polished edges