Hi all,
I'm trying to develop a small range acrylic templates for the bespoke furnishings industry and have been researching the best machine to cut them but I'm going mad looking at all the options.

They'll be made from 5-6mm sheet acrylic. The largest is 24" square with an internal cutout of 20". The outside edge will have radiused corners, the inside edge will have square corners. The offcut will form the next size template down, so 20"external, 16"internal and so on. I'll also be cutting a few circular ones, max 10" diameter. I'd also like to engrave some dimensions on them but that's not imperative. I realise that the cutting process will remove some material which will alter the sizing slightly but that's ok, it's not precision engineering, it's cushions.

I'll probably produce them just on a 'to order' basis so we aren't talking big business here and as such I don't want to spend a lot of money as the sale price won't justify it I don't think. The biggest sized Workbee from Ooznest here in the UK appears ideal but its just too expensive at around £2k. I think paying up to half that would be my limit.

I realise part of my issue is the working area. There are many cheaper machines I've looked at but they all have small work arrears. As a compromise I wondered whether there were any smaller/cheaper machines that would allow me to work the full length on one side (much like a router table), then turn it to do the next side and so on. Even if that was just for some of the larger sized templates.

I'd be grateful for any advice or suggestions.

Thank you ????????