Bending Acrylic Sheet With Heat Gun

If you don t have a toaster oven you can carefully use a heat gun to heat the acrylic.

Bending acrylic sheet with heat gun.

Testing a heat gun as method for bending plexiglass. There are blades and tools made specifically for cutting heating and bending acrylic but marija shows. Make your pressure on the acrylic as even as possible while you push. Acrylic is usually bent in one of two ways with a strip heater for sharp bends or a heat gun for longer gentle bends.

I ve seen people use everything from an oven to a hair dryer to an iron and. Prepare your heat gun for bending the acrylic. When bending plexiglass you will need to have a straight edge to make sure you get a. Place the part of the acrylic to be bent just above the open door wait for it to soften enough and then bend it to the angle desired.

If you have a toaster oven set it to about 200º and leave the door slightly ajar. The difficulty with small projects having tight bends close together is control of the heat source so the adjoining curve isn t affected. Use the spare piece of flat scrap wood to push the acrylic back and down while you aim the heat gun at the acrylic. Here s a video showing my procedure for bending plexiglass with a heat gun.

Ideal for perspex acrylic plexiglass polycarbonate. Testing a heat gun as method for bending plexiglass. Acrylic sheets are relatively inexpensive pretty and can be heat shaped very effectively. Most scale models won t need bends in acrylic more than 1 16 inch thick.

Bending plexiglas the proper way heating and forming. Diy soda fountain machine. A heat gun which is an electrical tool. Gather the supplies you need in order to bend the acrylic with a heat gun.

Tutorial for how to. 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.