styrene sheets help

[Anachron]

I have a little problem with cutting styrene sheets...

it says that you should score styrene sheets with a sharp knife on one side and break the sheet on the scored line.
but when I need to score out hole's for windows, how do I go throu with that?

I can only bend one line at a time and how do I bend these four lines without damageing the sheet ?

plz help me

 

[Vic]

Here's How

Faster than Santa on Christmas Eve the Robber Barron brings you a sack full of help!!! :thumb:

Check out this thread
http://www.the-gauge.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=3833&highlight=hole

Scroll down until you find my post with the diagram.

Hope this helps

 

[Lemur]

Cool!
Thanks for the tip. I always knew there was something I was missing. I just had too much else to worry about at the time to bother looking for a better method.
Actually, I have always been too @#&% impatient to take the time. After several bad (and I mean real bad) scratch builds, I have learned to take the time!

 

[jon-monon]

heheh I think learning to relax is a big part of the hobby, and a big benifit too, at least for many of us.

 

[Fred_M]

I looked at that page and the method I use wasn't there, so here goes. I drill 4 small holes (.060) as close to the four corners as I can. I then connect the holes with a wood chisel used bevel side inward toward the waste. I use just a light tap with the styrene laying on scrap wood. If I do this right there is now only a small radius left in each corner to be filed out square. I have a 1/2, 3/8, and a 1/4 wood chisel that are used only for this purpose only. This also works on thin wood and paper products too. DASH10

 

[Anachron]

Ohh yeah!

thanx alot you guys for helping me out

*grabbs his workbench to start building right away*