how to make furniture with plexiglass *bend and snap*

how to make furniture with plexiglass bend and snap

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Today we are entering the wonderful world of acrylic (also known as plexiglass, lucite, perspex, and acrylite). Or even poly (methyl methacrylate) if you wanna get scientific! Keep watching to learn a few techniques for DIYing with acrylic and also learn how to make some really cute furniture!
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IN THIS VIDEO:
00:00 - intro
00:39 - what you need to know about acrylic
01:38 - where to find acrylic
03:11 - how to cut acrylic
09:00 - making acrylic furniture
10:08 - acrylic desk organizer
10:35 - how to bend acrylic
12:27 - acrylic magazine holder
13:53 - acrylic console table
18:41 - acrylic wall shelf
19:10 - outro
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Edited by: Nick Liske & Justin Abalos
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@HT-dy5co 2 жыл бұрын

I love that rachel is just experimenting and exploring modern materials in her videos. Can't wait to see her creations develop !!!

@TheSorryGirls 2 жыл бұрын

rach is one to watch for sure!🥰🥰

@rachaeldiviney712 2 жыл бұрын

Actually the final coffee table is even better, much more dynamic. I love when obstacles become opportunities

@nicazzzz 2 жыл бұрын

The coffee table design got much cooler after the adjustments 👌

@TheSorryGirls 2 жыл бұрын

I totally agree😃

@silarydoveface 2 жыл бұрын

seriously I think it got so much cooler with the leg extensions underneath!

@audreym3908 2 жыл бұрын

and much more practical for storage!

@EyeGlassTrainofMind 2 жыл бұрын

I don't know if this was an intentional goal, but love that Rachel's always seeming to tackle working with interesting materials. She's also always making me laugh. :D

@sandrakicklighter2735 2 жыл бұрын

I LOVE how comprehensive Rachel was with this video, covering methods and tools and just answering all my questions before I realized I had them. WELL DONE! This is one of the best videos SG has made.

@zoellaswe6635 2 жыл бұрын

Love that Rachel is becoming more and more open and organic on the camera instead of so “step by step here’s what the videos about” she seems to be having a lot more fun and the confidence is shinning through !

@duck1590 2 жыл бұрын

I love how neat you are with your diys, you're probably the most detail oriented of the group - and I love it. These works look so professional.

@LukMcKain 2 жыл бұрын

The score n’ snap! Works every time! 💅🏼

@TheSorryGirls 2 жыл бұрын

good one! 😄💅

@KelKelray25 2 жыл бұрын

That’s what I thought the whole rest of the video 😂😂

@dawsonl7647 2 жыл бұрын

Was looking for this comment!

@jordancathleen 2 жыл бұрын

LOL

@cheerfulbutterflies1025 2 жыл бұрын

I love Rachel and her contribution to the Sorry Girls team…She is so informative and I love how she shows other shows..very cool!

@Skirts96 2 жыл бұрын

Rachel is the perfect addition to the Sorry Girls 💗 and I always love the videos she makes

@TheSorryGirls 2 жыл бұрын

❤❤❤

@robsgirl7778 2 жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness!!! I'm so excited about this video! My husband is a truck driver, and a while ago, he made a delivery to an acrylic manufacturing company. They had huge crates outside of their scrap that they were throwing away, so he got permission to get some from it. He brought home several sizes and thicknesses of acrylic scraps for me to DIY, but I haven't had many ideas on what to do with them.

@jordancathleen 2 жыл бұрын

I swear as soon as I think about wanting to do a particular DIY, The Sorry Girls are a step ahead of me and I’m soooooo grateful. These came out great! 💕

@tabathaogost4982 2 жыл бұрын

This is great, I love educational/instructional content! I would have liked to see actual video of how you fixed the coffee table because problem solving is ...probably half of DIY work, so it would be good to see it go down in detail rather than just cut to finished piece. Great work!

@zoeemiko8149 2 жыл бұрын

I love crafting with scraps of acrylic! I don't like buying full sheets though and the only place that carries it is a big box home improvement store. However they don't sell the scraps! One of the guys at the store told me to go around to the back of the store to their dumpster. That's where it all goes. I've never dumpster dived but holy cow. Not only did I find really big pieces of acrylic but full boxes of tile, wood flooring, rolls of wallpaper, cans of paint, pavers, bricks, cinderblocks, molding - tons of molding broken in half. Apparently their scrap wood section had been to full so there was a ton of wood of all sorts there also. In the end we nearly filled the back of the truck. Oh, and an entire case of painters caulking, boxes of nails & screws and.. taadaa.. a new blade for my ridingmower! Yeah, I'm a happy camper.

@luordonez657 2 жыл бұрын

I love the addition of Rachel as a Sorry Girl. She’s super fresh and beautiful, we need more Rachel in our lives!!

@JayofallTrades 2 жыл бұрын

Yay! A Rachel video. I love Rachel she has such a sweet smile. She brings such a fun perspective to the sorry girls and isn't afraid to try new things like cement mixing and now acrylic. A great addition to TSG team.

@darlouthia5153 2 жыл бұрын

This was really fascinating! Loved Rachel’s vibe and even how mistakes turned out to be brilliant!

@runsoffsarcasmcoffee8303 2 жыл бұрын

I gotta say, I was on the fence when Rachel joined TSG, but I just love her!!! I love how she has such a calming tone of voice in her videos, and she is so stinking creative! A+++ job on getting her on the team Becky & Kelsey!

@irishollestelle3819 2 жыл бұрын

I really like that you guys are showing it if projects don't work out as planned. It is much more relatable and I really liked how she fixed this.

@naimahq8739 Жыл бұрын

She’s after your girls heart with THAT red wall shelf! 8 months ago I started a serious search for an acrylic coffin shaped wall shelf (to hang in the bathtub for shampoos and soaps) a little too eccentric, lol. I couldn’t even find a solid plexiglass box in neon colors. Lol

@itscarolinemary 2 жыл бұрын

fully expected the lamp to fall off the table with how wobbly it was before!! all of these DIYS look sooo good.

@elliekelley8758 2 жыл бұрын

Such a happy accident with the larger piece because I think it’s so much more useful and visually interesting!! Great idea Rachel can’t wait to copy🥰😊

@julianunes5406 2 жыл бұрын

I love Rachel style so much! She’s a great addition to TSG. Congrats on the amazing work!

@alexisnicole8118 2 жыл бұрын

Rachel is a risk taker and I LOVE that!! The table looks amazing 👏🏽 😍

@sakshi.chaudhary 2 жыл бұрын

Wow I’m amazed by how much weight that little pink shelf can hold🤯

@CARMENTHUNDERS 2 жыл бұрын

I love this. I have clear Ludwig drums and everything in my room is clear. Thanks for posting this.

@ernestomondragonromero3024 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I will use it for my shoes, to organize them better on my closet shelves, one acrilic table for each pair of shoes 👟 👟 😊

@witchplease677 2 жыл бұрын

Rachel is amazing part of TSG. She’s so creative and there is no hesitation in admitting if something doesn’t work and finding ways to overcome and adapt

@emigem13 2 жыл бұрын

I made an acrylic photo frame in school when I was 13. Attached little acrylic heart and flower shapes to it too! So much fun.

@chezsylvie007 2 жыл бұрын

Love those boots with the pretty femme dress

@lilred312benett6 2 жыл бұрын

I am so here for this! I like these training style videos.

@TheSorryGirls 2 жыл бұрын

glad you like them!! we try to be as informative as we can😊

@AmPlant Жыл бұрын

this was so cool to watch! I've already made a clear shelf to put some of my legos on, but that was just by gluing together some already flat pieces and drilling some holes to mount it. It didn't occur to me that bent acrylic pieces could be DIYed! Thank you for showing us how

@Allisonstatman Жыл бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤ thank you . Glad I found this channel. Acrylic is so dreamy . Def going to to do list this material. I loved ‘Lucite’ in the 90s

@justinabean94 2 жыл бұрын

i feel like adding the extra bends to the table made it look WAYYY more high end. it looks like a more finished piece. you nailed it. how fun!

@znycelondon5313 2 жыл бұрын

Love, love these pieces. I want to re vamp my office…..I want acrylic storage and stacks shelves……so this is going to be a fun project. Great ideas here…..of what and how to do it…..and……what not 😏🤔😏to do to get some good results!

@katoudupuis 2 жыл бұрын

The way you saved that table so well

@Murasaki_137 2 жыл бұрын

I always look forward to Rachael's videos! She is so charming and overall a great addition to the team! ♥

@Sunnbuzz 2 жыл бұрын

I really like her too, she's quite different from Becky and Kelseys style, and in the beginning, there were some harsh critics about her joining which was pretty ignorant. This was a great DIY video

@nancytrujillo7349 2 жыл бұрын

I love how this vid takes us to the basics with no fancy tools that almost nobody owns

@alaskafiedler 2 жыл бұрын

You nailed everything in this video! It was well planned, presented and delivered, and styled. Clean and neat, techniques were easy to follow along with, and the DIYs themselves turned out so professionally but also were super achievable. Rachel and editors, you guys killed it!

@mskitty666 Жыл бұрын

I loved working with acrilic in my school's metal working class We had a special thingo that you sat it on the softened a line for bending it , was fun and satisfying

@HanCabann 2 жыл бұрын

She’s like the DIY teacher we’ve always wanted! X

@eiramellocin Жыл бұрын

the final coffee table 😱😍

@indyaprince 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve literally been searching everywhere for a video like this omg I’m so glad I found this thank ffff for the clock app

@joshuaharrison_ 2 жыл бұрын

I feel like you could use a hole saw and jig saw and knock out some handles on the sides of the magazine holder to make it more functional but keep the beautiful aesthetic. Beautiful projects!

@naomirae7455 2 жыл бұрын

I find bending acrylic so fascinating. I actually got to make a lamp shade out of bent translucent acrylic. It was for a class project and we had a jig that used an electric current I think to heat up a wire. The heat was more concentrated to one area so it didn’t take that long to heat up (1-2 mins).

@emergencytrip 2 жыл бұрын

RACHEL!!! You’ve been killing it lately. Hope u get a raise!

@MrsPampa 2 жыл бұрын

Every single time all your projects come out amazingly beautiful!!!

@Seiferboi 2 жыл бұрын

Gotta say, I LOVE the neon acrylic, especially that neon green one towards the beginning, since that's my signature color!

@LarrietDarling 2 жыл бұрын

The coffee table came out amaaaaazing!!! I love it SO MUCH! Storing it away for future me in a future house. 🖤🖤🖤

@cjay182 2 жыл бұрын

can I just say... how much I love the explanation of tools lately! So helpful!

@omxkik6987 2 жыл бұрын

I love how that things come out 😃. These days a saw a guy on tiktok doing a top with acrylic he used a mannequin and was molding with this heating tool, it looked like a fabric that is hit by the wind.

@trishdadish21 Жыл бұрын

This was inspirational. Thank you for sharing your projects. I want to try and make a cat window bed out of acrylic and this gave me some confidence to try it. 😊

@uhohspaghettios2391 2 жыл бұрын

This was SO COOL! I'm (supposedly) getting a heat gun for Christmas, and now I'm even more excited than I was for all the things I could make!

@universeamor5332 2 жыл бұрын

I love Rachel! 💖 just a cool project!

@starhill6792 2 жыл бұрын

Y’all always make everything look so easy! Also I agree with all of the other comments, Rachel is an amazing addition!

@whatlolawants2167 2 жыл бұрын

I think the acrylic is so cool. I never knew that it was so easy to get and to work with.Thanks again TSG

@jazzmynalexis14 2 жыл бұрын

Omg you should totally try DIYing a disco ball!!! Love you guys❤️

@dreamelatte 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool, changed my mind about acrylic furniture!

@MzKinkyCurl Жыл бұрын

I would love to make a picnic table with acrylic! I don’t know how sturdy it would be, but I think of it having the ‘floating’ plate vibe! I love the round wavy piece you didn’t buy!

@chloedawson3571 2 жыл бұрын

For some reason I think it's so endearing that you marked it with the cute tiny markers 😂 Very relatable to my chaotic apartment DIYing

@aiangalang8452 2 жыл бұрын

Omg these projects are so cool! Gonna run and find some acrylic sheets and try these out! Thank you for sharing ms Rachael!🫶🏻

@vickinoeske1154 2 жыл бұрын

Love this!!! Albums would look awesome in the magazine rack.

@smasajord 2 жыл бұрын

The only reason I don't like to work with acrylic is the microplastic that it it produces when we have to cut it :(

@fapo9379 Жыл бұрын

Youu can wear a mask and then clean it up with vacuum that has a bag

@mishkahmartin6420 2 жыл бұрын

Girls using bad ass power tools with perfect nails is everything I needed to see today

@ceciliaborglin7828 6 ай бұрын

super interesting to watch. So much you can do with acrylic, cool!

@deliamorton2392 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely loved the table and love Rachael even more ❤️

@michellemartin5440 2 жыл бұрын

This is perfect for the extra acrylic I have sitting at home that I had purchased for artwork, but didn't end up using!

@zacfirst 2 жыл бұрын

Important thing to take account: Don’t breath in the fumes while melting! Make sure you’re also doing it at a well ventilated area!

@jollygood8828 2 жыл бұрын

Loved that you explained the process so clearly, for example describing types of blades to use.

@omxkik6987 2 жыл бұрын

Love the table 😍

@saraht4684 2 жыл бұрын

I love Rachel’s videos! I love how she experiments with different materials and provides lots of info but it’s not overwhelming. Great work! And the coffee table turned out even better than the original plan :)

@prbeachchick01 2 жыл бұрын

Ugh now I want acrylic furniture!

@grat2010 2 жыл бұрын

Loved this! This is something I've been wanting to learn more about. Thanks Rachel!

@nellachavez7298 2 жыл бұрын

Rachel with the sick manicures

@chalybion 2 жыл бұрын

THIS. WAS. SO. IMPRESSIVE!!!!

@sweetsoldier5 2 жыл бұрын

I wish I had all those tools! Acrylic organizers are so expensive in sweden and I have bought many during the last 15 years because I love them. They looks so clean and have great quality, but I always look through houndreds of products online before I decide what to buy. I wish I could make my own acrylic boxes because I have so many ideas of how I want it to look but I've never found anything similar to that so I buy other shapes that works but I want it to be perfect!

@Sunnbuzz 2 жыл бұрын

Ha do you do that with everything you buy ? I literally scroll through 100s, sometimes a thousand of an item searching, I just assumed it was my OCD always looking for the perfect thing for me which in reality doesn't always happen lol

@sweetsoldier5 2 жыл бұрын

@@Sunnbuzz yes always haha I spend days online looking for one thing , sometimes weeks go bye because I have gone through so many online shops and thousands of pages and my brain gets totally exhausted but I can't stop. I need to make sure I have seen everything I can find so I know what to buy. I don't have ocd, at least not as far as I know, but I'm a perfectionist, and I have anxietydisorder, panicattacks, depression, PTSD, ADD and burnout syndrome and it can have something to do with that.. I'm not sure but I also love interior so it's important for me to find the perfect things that matches everything but I'm the same with everything else I buy besides from food 😅

@Sunnbuzz 2 жыл бұрын

@@sweetsoldier5 Thanks for sharing I've never met anyone else that does things the way I do so it's so interesting and comforting. My friend has trouble deciding on things she has ADHD but she doesn't have the focus to prolong her decisions so its different. I think however we are more searching for the "perfect" thing that needs to be right or we are stressed. People always say to me when I need something, oh just go and buy it, it seems so simple for them and for most people it is I don't think I've ever just gone and bought something I needed because I never find it the 1st time, or the 10th lol . I need a new pair of summer shoes, I looked through 2,000 shoes on Ebay and couldn't find anything, now yesterday I broke mine so I think for easiness I'm just going to buy exactly the same pair I had (A high wedge suede shoe made by UGG some years ago) I laughed because as I was going through my very particular search parameters the pair of shoes I had that broke, the UGGS, popped up. Honestly, it can be tiring, defeating and frustrating purchasing stuff sometimes because if I need something in a hurry I'm lost. I know in reality no one else will notice the small difference that leads to a purchase or not - I have no idea why for me its such a big issue Take care

@partlyironic 2 жыл бұрын

It’s not that many videos in but Rachel already feels like an integral part of The Sorry Girls channel.

@laurasamardzic3979 2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love Rachel, you are so sweet, beautiful and talented!!!💛 All of the pieces are sooooo cool and inspiring 💫

@Cccc123c33 2 жыл бұрын

Perfect timing, I was looking in to it for few weeks now since I wanted to make a little shelf for my kitchen 😅 and it was inspired by the same channel 😄

@Drc-rj9zr 2 жыл бұрын

Love this this is how my living room decor looks like. It's nice kno now to make them in the future. thanks ❤️❤️

@lozarkderccy3254 Жыл бұрын

Great video Rachel! Obsessed with the acrylic diys!

@carmengrauwels Жыл бұрын

Very cool! I added it to my "best diy" playlist ✌🏻🌺

@janetd4862 2 жыл бұрын

Love everything, but think you should wear a mask when you cut the acrylic. Safety first!

@creativhopper6465 2 жыл бұрын

It is so nice to see your approach on acrylics. I would have made spice rack.

@tanrdz 2 жыл бұрын

I loved everything and I want it all.

@toriam15 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, the items you made are awesome!

@CarlyMFriesen 2 жыл бұрын

love these material deep dives and how tos!

@karolinacontreras5528 2 жыл бұрын

Wow great save on the coffee table! Better than the intended design I think!

@spyduhgirl 2 жыл бұрын

You could build a "wall" for the magazine table. Hot glue a sheet of acrylic to one of the sides to stabilise it?

@priyanshijhaveri5316 2 жыл бұрын

Omg this is pure joy! TSG rocks ❤️❤️

@abbywoods8210 2 жыл бұрын

This video is one if needed but didn’t ever expect to get, I’m so happy!! I bought a house recently and for some bizarre reason one of the walls in the basement is a false/decorative wall and it has these horrid plastic fake windows on it and I have been wanting to replace them with something like this but had to clue what they were even called haha. 🤞

@31sahana 2 жыл бұрын

I've seen picture frames with acrylic instead of glass so keep an eye out for those at opshops.

@Sasyemy. 2 жыл бұрын

Rachel's voice do be soothing tho

@LolliPops- 2 жыл бұрын

Right?? I would listen to her doing ASMR 😅

@TheSorryGirls 2 жыл бұрын

@@LolliPops- agreed!😊

@dominiqueburns9918 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been wanting to try this! Nice job!

@jakeisitt262 2 жыл бұрын

I'm wondering as you say you try to be sustainable, where do you put the cut off plastic like the sawdust " mirco plastic"

@mariana.a.n. 2 жыл бұрын

These are really cool! Will definitely be trying some 🙌🏼✨ though please wear a mask when cutting acrylic with any electryc saw that sends plastic particles into the air!

@7sevendaysara 2 жыл бұрын

It seems super cool to do!!! Wooow and the results are nothing like diys, so legit Sara Nena DIY

@TheSorryGirls 2 жыл бұрын

thanks!! it was so much fun making these😊

@ilisilva88 2 жыл бұрын

YES! ive been needing some tips on acrylic!

@ShiaMajer 2 жыл бұрын

When I see Rachel I click right in, Every, Single, Time.

@Milubee 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder how stable the final table was! It looks great but the glass lamp on top made me worried when my mind was still on the wobbly one haha! These look absolutely amazing, i never considered getting any decor in acrylic and now- im a lil obsessed. I might need to get my hand on some it looks so cute!