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Star Trek Chess Board

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We were commissioned to do this piece by a die-hard trekkie. This was my first attempt at cutting and etching acrylic and I'm pretty happy with how it came out. The etching was done with a diamond drag bit, game boards were cut out and holes made with straight o-flute bits, and edges were polished the hard way, by hand with sandpaper (I don't have a buffer).
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Dealguy,

Nice job, no idea how to play and don't want to know :?

To deal with edges

Clean up saw cuts on acrylic with light passes on router table or jointer (just a few thou. at a time) (or you could use cnc like you did), wipe edge clean and fan edge with a hand held map torch.
It takes a little practice, but edges become clear and polished. No sanding needed.

I route the edges with paper on, then remove paper on side I'm engraving and engrave, then remove bottom paper, rinse under running water to clean, then torch edge to polish

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I'd heard about the torch method, but only had a little bit of acrylic for this project and didn't want to risk ruining the work. There are a few scraps left over so I'll try it on those. Thanks!
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Hi Steve,

Love the board. :D

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Very nice, well done.
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Trekkies rule.

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I'm about to try my first acrylic cuts, what size bit and what bit and travel speed did you use to cut out the shapes?

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That's pretty cool - always wanted to give it a try, but the rules seem to change... Here's a link to supposedly the latest iteration. :D
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I used both 1/4" and 1/8" straight O-flute bits. The screw holes were done with the 1/8" bit and the cutouts with the 1/4" bit. The rpms were fairly low - around 6000 or so. The feed rates were about 100 ipm, but, as always, the speed is going to depend on your machine's abilities.
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