Guide bending plexi

hi there!

i'd like to know your opinion about bending plexi..
i know that you have to warm it up(a lot), so it can be bendable without breaking..

'd like to know witch tools i have to use, and for how long i'll have to warm the plexi so it can be bendable..
that kind of things that a noob @ plexi bending needs to know..

regards

 

try this http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=130035

 

well if you a slow internet connection (like me) i can just tell you


here is a clipping from an article I'm writing for an another site, tell me if you like it

 

You should mention that the heater element is simply a long piece(s) of resistant wire

 

You would need more heat then a piece of nichrome wire would put out. The heating elements that ive seen used in hot-strips for bending acrylic were more similar to the elements used in electric ovens or water heaters then just regular nichrome wire.

If you're using a heat gun for a long straight bend, I would clamp either side of the acrylic between blocks of wood.

 

thank you for all the answers..
now i am aware of bending plexi is also possible at your oven...

am i sure ?

 

Do u mean useing the top burners or inside it because it would be hard to use the inside... lol

 

sorry, i'm not english os american.. e didn't get it...

regards

 

I mean't like to u have an oven that u like bake stuff in? well i mean't like use a top burner which is wat u like boil water on but its alright if u didn't get it!

 

hm.. you mean i can use the oven, but only with the top burner on ? if not, nevermind

 

Get a heat gun and use something straight to guide straight bends. It's easy and heat guns are $20

 

basically what i did was make a jig so once "melted" it could be held in place till cold. so i heated it in the oven till it went floppy, threw it in the jig (in my case an arc) and held it outside in the cold. it worked a treat.