We make secondary glazing, and weekly our acrylic supplier cuts hundreds of small rectangular pieces of 2mm acrylic for us. These vary in size hugely, and precision is important to us.
Currently, our supplier cuts even these small pieces (an average one might be 250mm x 400mm, and actually will usually be slightly strange sizes like 253mm x 407mm) using an old vertical sliding panel saw.
That seems a laborious and error prone way to do it, so we're researching CNC methods instead.
And that's where we get confused. A laser cutter would seem the best bet, but the stink is terrible amd persistent. A router CNC might work, but we'd worry the small pieces would move around.
Can anyone advise please? What do people on here think would be the best approach?
Greatly appreciate any advice.
Gareth