How To Bend Acrylic Sheet At Home

Leave the acrylic in a cool dry area for several minutes to cool.

How to bend acrylic sheet at home. Heating is a slow process in order to make sure that you get a straight bend in the acrylic. To set up your plastic or acrylic sheet to bend simple curves for your miniature and model projects you need to first remove the protective covering from the material you wish to bend. If the area to bend is on an outer curve or bend or if you want to create a tighter corner try using a frying pan on low heat to hold the plastic area to bend. Prepare your heat gun for bending the acrylic.

In the case of a sharp edged design remember to bend it with the cut edge on the outside. We re not that good at it come watch. Use long thin 1 inch or so in width test strips to practice your technique and learn how your particular heat source affects your chosen thickness of plastic. Fyi tonight i oven bent 10mm acrylic.

Make your pressure on the acrylic as even as possible while you push. Today we re using a line bender to form some acrylic for our new cnc dust shroud. Once heated it will bend easily. Once it is at the required angle use a bending fixture to hold the sheeting in place.

The reason this works is because acrylic plastic actually melts at 405 f. I was only putting in a simple bend so i used wood blocks cut at the angle i needed one for each side of the acrylic plus the cool metal bench to press against. In this video i make a acrylic bending tool super useful for getting professional looking bends on plexiglass pieces. This thing is really easy to make and.

After removing the acrylic from the strip heater bend it in accordance with your desired shape.