Went to an auction today. Some deceased local artist/art professor. None of the art, but lots of misc. tools and assorted "stuff". Anyhow, I picked up one of those "everything in this box" deals (Dremel, couple engravers and lots of Dremel bits) and took them down to the truck. In the meantime, wifey won the bid on some solid acrylic. Now, we're talking 2" thick here! Two pieces are 2x4 foot and the third about half that. (Can you say "heavy"?)
Any suggestions on what in the heck I'm going to do with these? How does one go about cutting something this thick? Does it mill, drill, etc... similar to wood? In looking at the end on the smaller piece, my guess is, they took a circular saw, rammed it up against a guide and then cut it, taking about five or six progressively deeper passes. I can't help but wonder if a guy couldn't even make some pen blanks out of some of it? I'll admit, the stuff is pretty cool. Real clear with no distortion that I could detect. Ideas?