Diy Plastic Sheet Bender

Ideal for perspex acrylic plexiglass polycarbonate.

Diy plastic sheet bender.

I went forward and built a crude machine. Preparing hot air gun w. These benders are compatible with plastics such as acrylic polyethylene polypropylene polycarbonate pvc cpvc abs and kydex. Diy acrylic plastic bending machine step 1.

Heating time varies between 30 seconds and 12 minutes based on material type and thickness. Use long thin 1 inch or so in width test strips to practice your technique and learn how your particular heat source affects your chosen thickness of plastic. I had few left over particle board chip board pieces i managed to find 3. Next step was to secure particle board from high 400 watt header lamp.

To set up your plastic or acrylic sheet to bend simple curves for your miniature and model projects you need to first remove the protective covering from the material you wish to bend. Tutorial for how to. All thermoplastics go through two distinct phases as they are heated. Set up plastic or acrylic sheet in a simple bending jig.

How does it work. I went on a mission to confirm if i could bend plastics such as plexiglass or lexan with any precision of accuracy. Use wood or metal supports not included under the sheet during heating. Diy low cost hot wire plastic sheet bending tool step 1.

Sheet benders for plastic. Bending shaping plastic with hot air gun heat gun. It s just a long skinny heating element that makes it easy to soften a sheet of plastic along a straight line so you can bend it with your hands to an arbitrary angle and or against a jig for more precise control. As the wire is not electrically insulated i don t want any voltage above 12v or 24v.

Place a sheet between the heating bars to soften it.