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Ioan Barladeanu Ioan Barladeanu is offline
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Default any experience with curving lexan/plexiglass

abt wrote:
making a curved footboard/cabinet for childs bed and want to
make curved 'glass' doors. is it possible to heat lexan and mold or
will it scorch? Thanks


You 'll want to make a mold against wich you'll press the heated lexan
sheet.
The process doesn't require any extraordinary skills, as long as you
heat it over a large surface.
If you make many of those curved doors, you could build a heater for
that at very little cost - something similar to the heating element
used in this DIY vacuforming table http://www.tk560.com/vactable4.html
..
Using a hot air gun for a large surface won't be very good, but it's
still possible.
Depending on size, you might want someone to help you hold the lexan
sheet / press it onto the mold. Another usefull thing is to screw two
1/1" pieces of wood on the long edges, that would help you get an even
pull on the sides (you'll leave that sheet bigger anyway - trim it
after it's been formed).
I hope I've made myself clear, even though english is not my native
language :-P