Bend Acrylic Sheet Heat Gun

Ideal for perspex acrylic plexiglass polycarbonate.

Bend acrylic sheet heat gun.

Scoring is the best way to cut the acrylic in straight lines and then snap it like you do with glass. If you have a toaster oven set it to about 200º and leave the door slightly ajar. If you d like to reach out to us to. Then aim a heat gun at the point on the acrylic you want to bend.

Never use water to cool the acrylic as this will make the acrylic brittle. Place the part of the acrylic to be bent just above the open door wait for it to soften enough and then bend it to the angle desired. We re not that good at it come watch. As the acrylic heats up move the heat gun from side to side and steadily push on it with a piece of scrap wood to help it bend.

A heat gun which is an electrical tool. Testing a heat gun as method for bending plexiglass. Bending plexiglas the proper way heating and forming. Today we re using a line bender to form some acrylic for our new cnc dust shroud.

Tutorial for how to. Before you bend acrylic set it between 2 pieces of scrap wood and clamp them together with a vice. Preparing hot air gun w. 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.

If you don t have a toaster oven you can carefully use a heat gun to heat the acrylic. Testing a heat gun as method for bending plexiglass. Bending shaping plastic with hot air gun heat gun. Here s a video showing my procedure for bending plexiglass with a heat gun.