How NOT to Drill Acrylic #shorts #fail #diy

[Samuelfishk]

Well yea if you turn and jamb it like he did at the end of course you’re going to fuck it up. Smh.

[brockjensen]

Put a piece of painters tape over your desired drill spot. Slowly drill with a gradual force until you have successfully gotten through the material

[connerayers]

With plexiglass that thin or a little thicker than that you can just take you're drill and have the bit spin backwards to burn through it and if you do it that way without too much force it'll work every time

[robcarter]

😂 Looked like a clean rounded hole to me on the "standing up" non supported piece, THEN you showed a busted out hole!

[CplCheeto]

a regular split point (130-145°) drill bit will drill acrylic just fine. it's better to use a slow spiral or straight flute drill bit so it doesn't attempt to pull the bit through the sheet. you should always drill with a solid backing (table top, aluminum flat bar, anything that the sheet can sit on or against without moving around) if possible.

[ronofthenorth]

In my grade 9 shop class (1976) I cracked some plastic sheet while drilling a hole. My shop teacher took the drill bit over to the grinder and ground down the face so it ‘rubs’ the plastic / plexiglass instead of biting into it. Worked like a charm.

[bluefallon]

It’s interesting that with the same drill the common drill you didn’t put it down on the plywood or the wood whatever the same way as you did the other one, you held it up with no pressure on the back, and therefore it was more likely to fail, just an observation, not here to cause any waves.

[Ikimono]

Im glad I found this video, because the comments not only told me how to do it, but how this video was doing it wrong.
Enjoy your damn algorithm engagement from my comment you monster.

[bbyeler]

just turn your dril Direction to reverse when drilling plexiglass not need special tools

[lazer]

I want to cut out shapes in to these plastic planner discs. Would using a dremel work?

[RickyCastle]

The trick is to have it flat like on wood and use a step bit.

[tvolz]

The plasic bit is smaller giving it additional advantage over the larger wood/metal bit. Still think special bits would be beter then increasing whole sice a 32nd at a time

[cavsomecadence]

Burn (reverse drill) and dont push down. I burn-in wood that may crack or split. Tape will keep scrap from scatching unsealed plastic.

[jamescue]

Would it do that if one were to drill a hole while the sheet is supported underneath, like in the second part of the video?

[wayne]

My man here selling snake oil, or should I say, snake bits?

[jamespatrick]

Not to mention he didn’t even support the plexiglass when using the regular drill bit

[sebastienheujeune]

I did .. it broke ... lol. did he shape the drill bite first. ???

[millionadollarbaby]

what kin of drill bit? for wood or for metal?

[dannythedoodle]

Rubbish. There's the obvious point that you had no support behind the first one so of course it's going to move around. Also, you used a larger drill bit on the first one AND you punched it all the way through and wiggled the drill back and forth.
Pointless.

[nyworldrl]

Looks like user error for a video to me. Maybe learn how to drill without purposely rocking the drill at the end.