Heat forming polycarbonate

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Heat forming polycarbonate

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6 жыл бұрын

Using forced air heat to bend 1/16" poly into a half circle. The piece is going on a railroad sign prop. It's the sun shield for the lights.

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@freddievaldez6587 3 жыл бұрын

Nice. Thanks for not gunking up your video with stupid comments and unnecessary stuff. Straight to the point. Inspirational bro...

@sweetbeetyourfriend1808 Жыл бұрын

didn’t realize it was that easy, thanks for the help! you’ve just made a whole lot of others projects that much easier 👍

@kurtbilinski1723 8 ай бұрын

I like how you keep glancing up to see if we're still paying attention :)

@iuliancretu1688 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly what i was looking for. Thanks!

@fsj197811 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing.

@jairocruz9277 Жыл бұрын

Thanks. I did not know it was possible to shape it with heat. Am going to try it in future projects.

@kimrok1 5 жыл бұрын

Interesting I went to here to see your process because I am also working on a railroad related project!

@Mallrat79 4 жыл бұрын

Did you ever finish it?!

@bauermobiletoolsystmfabrct8686 5 жыл бұрын

Very cool. I've heard you want good ventilation when doing that

@___echo___ 4 жыл бұрын

I thought fir a sec you made a tiny faceplate as example lol

@konstantinNeo Жыл бұрын

I am trying to thermoform a sheet of pc 6mm thick to form a roughly 80mm OD half pipe. So far mixed results. If I over heat bubbling occurs. I have to figure out some kind of a jig. Temperature control. Prior drying of pc sheets. Etc. Not easy to get a reliable repeatable product.

@daniel25ss 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you exaclty what i was looking for

@boofuls 2 жыл бұрын

Great video 👍 food for thought

@parkvip 4 жыл бұрын

Any ideas on how to make a dome using thin acrylic sheets? About 2mm

@prototype9000 3 жыл бұрын

If you take a wet washcloth and form it with that while holding it will set a whole lot fast

@Mallrat79 3 жыл бұрын

Sweet! Thanks!

@stavb9400 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video buddy. How many mm is your sheet? Do you think for 1 or 2mm thickness I could get away with a home hairdryer or do I need equipment as the one you are using ? Thanks, Stavros

@fsriccobon8279 8 ай бұрын

Do your gloves leave any marks while its soft?

@ProfessorOzone 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting this. I would like to thermoform something a little more complex than that (shroud inside of a headlight). It looks like the PC has to be held in place during cooling to maintain the new shape. If you had something that looked a little more like a mountain range and you laid the plastic over the top of it and heated it more, would it form to the mountain range or just sort of sag and create a warped sheet?

@Mallrat79 5 жыл бұрын

If you did a mountain range type shape, you'd have to use thin PC, maybe thinner than .063, make a vaccum table, and drill holes in the valleys of the mold. I'm sure there's a video on making a DIY vacuum table somewhere.

@backcountryshitok 2 жыл бұрын

I want to donsomething similar. Did you figure it out ?

@ProfessorOzone 2 жыл бұрын

@@backcountryshitok No, sorry. I used a different method altogether. If you want to see it you can go to the second episode on my channel antimattergarage.

@LTVoyager 8 ай бұрын

Heats thermoplastic on a thermoplastic bin. 😁

@JCnordic2983 4 жыл бұрын

What temp does it become maleable

@Quokkat7 3 жыл бұрын

@barramk3 4 жыл бұрын

Let’s say someone has access to a large oven, what temperature would lexan like this have to get too, to achieve a bend. Trying to use glass out of a car as a template to recreate in lexan.

@Mallrat79 4 жыл бұрын

Google says 315°-330°

@k_s.m 9 ай бұрын

hi pal, I'll be trying to use PC as a taillight cover that was broken (lamps are rare and expensive), so it has to be formed to shape of the lamp. Any tips You could share? thanks

@MickeyKimsey 11 ай бұрын

Does anyone know if you could just put the entire piece to be molded into water @ specific temperature and then apply it to the mold? Or will crack on cool down?

@KoenigsTiger957 3 жыл бұрын

Very cool!!

@KevinxDoll 5 жыл бұрын

Aye that's good

@Mallrat79 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@PhotographyChick17 10 ай бұрын

What would you recommend I use to bend acrylic into a bowl shape?

@TheEpicDartfish 5 ай бұрын

Can you use a hair dryer?

@angeldejesus65 2 жыл бұрын

Been trying to do a pc .17 inch at least car roof and wondering if a heat gun ,little by little, will work in shaping it while the top is still on the car.... ???

@karifry3670 5 жыл бұрын

awesome!

@Mallrat79 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@borosadam3199 5 жыл бұрын

Ye ye thats a pretty good job nice work ! +rep

@houseofbaboshka6456 3 жыл бұрын

Hiya, can you heat other polycarbonate together? like you do when wielding steel together?. Thanks for the video.

@Mallrat79 3 жыл бұрын

I've never heat welded poly, only acrylic glue. I haven't had any luck heating up poly without it bubbling. It doesn't handle heat like acrylic.

@houseofbaboshka6456 3 жыл бұрын

@@Mallrat79 Thanks Bud :)

@edled1026 2 жыл бұрын

Cool example. Thank you for this video. Simplicity said bill Gates

@cocopublicnews6766 Жыл бұрын

What a bout 2 or 3 inch poly

@CJwhit86 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome...

@EXQCmoi Жыл бұрын

We get it.

@bepenchandulal2853 2 жыл бұрын

Good

@rombofaidate3431 7 ай бұрын

Interessante👍👍👍

@lukemaney645 Жыл бұрын

nice😊

@jitrapornpha5104 3 жыл бұрын

seems bubbles doesn't always happen on poycarbonate ?

@ACcrafted Жыл бұрын

What type of Polycarbonate did you use? Is it lexan?

@daveyt4802 2 жыл бұрын

What temp is best for forming? How hot is too hot? Bubbles?

@X02switchblades 2 жыл бұрын

can it be heated so it takes the shape of a mold eg. a bawl?

@rlolo777 4 жыл бұрын

theoretically, if I heat up scratched polycarbonate, would the scratches fill in?

@Mallrat79 4 жыл бұрын

No, unfortunately polycarbonate does not have the same "healing" qualities of plexiglass. You would get bubbles before it smoothed over. The trade off is it's much more durable because of the malleability.