Bend Acrylic Sheet Heat Gun

Tutorial for how to.

Bend acrylic sheet heat gun.

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. As it heats up you can use your fingers to gently bend the acrylic upward. A heat gun which is an electrical tool. Bending plexiglas the proper way heating and forming.

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. Diy soda fountain machine. Determine the dimensions of what you are creating with the bent acrylic.

When bending plexiglass you will need to have a straight edge to make sure you get a. Sheet of acrylic large enough for your needs. Bending shaping plastic with hot air gun heat gun. There are blades and tools made specifically for cutting heating and bending acrylic but marija shows.

Today we re using a line bender to form some acrylic for our new cnc dust shroud. Preparing hot air gun w. We re not that good at it come watch. Leave it at 90 degrees to cool down for a couple minutes and you have successfully bent an acrylic.

If you d like to reach out to us to. Acrylic sheets are relatively inexpensive pretty and can be heat shaped very effectively. Gather the supplies you need in order to bend the acrylic with a heat gun. If you are creating an enclosure then you.

Here s a video showing my procedure for bending plexiglass with a heat gun.