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Bend acrylic sheet heat gun.
Ideal for perspex acrylic plexiglass polycarbonate.
Gather the supplies you need in order to bend the acrylic with a heat gun.
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Clamp the acrylic to a work table and proceed to turn the gun on and heat up the piece of acrylic using a steady back and forth sweeping motion.
Set your acrylic between two pieces of scrap wood one of which.
Acrylic sheets are relatively inexpensive pretty and can be heat shaped very effectively.
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Bending plexiglas the proper way heating and forming.
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A heat gun which is an electrical tool.
Here s a video showing my procedure for bending plexiglass with a heat gun.
Sheet of acrylic large enough for your needs.
To create bends for small scale projects in plexiglass perspex or acrylic 1 8 inch and thinner you can use a small torch butane kitchen torches work well a paint stripping heat gun or an embossing heat tool which is a wand that works very similarly to a paint stripping gun but using a smaller more directed heat flow with a smaller fan.
Determine the dimensions of what you are creating with the bent acrylic.
There are blades and tools made specifically for cutting heating and bending acrylic but marija shows.
If you are creating an enclosure then you.
When bending plexiglass you will need to have a straight edge to make sure you get a.
As it heats up you can use your fingers to gently bend the acrylic upward.
Gather the supplies you need in order to bend the acrylic with a heat gun.
Bending shaping plastic with hot air gun heat gun.
Bending acrylic with a heat gun 1.