How To Shape An Acrylic Sheet

Acrylic is a wonderful plastic that can be used for all sorts of different projects.

How to shape an acrylic sheet.

Acrylic comes in two varieties. Modify the timing as necessary. I can t recommend for. For thicker sheets it will take longer and for thinner sheets it will take less time.

I recently used a clear acrylic sheet to make this lego bin for my son. Hold the sheet in position for a few minutes allowing it to cool and re harden. It comes in both transparent and colored options and can be machined laser cut or heated and bent into almost any shape. The see through sides make it easy for him to spot that elusive piece at the bottom.

A mold any object shape you can press the acrylic into to give it shape mallet and or a peen for shaping caution i ve only tried this in an electric oven. Acrylic oven baking sheet aluminum foil timer felt for handling the acrylic and to prevent scratches tools for forming tools for forming may include. Break the sheet at the scored line by pressing down on the outer edge in a quick motion. Using clamps to hold the sheet to the table makes the process easier.

Continue to direct the heat jet back and forth along the bend line until the acrylic sheet fits into the form at the correct angle. Today we re using a line bender to form some acrylic for our new cnc dust shroud. Place the line you ve scored directly along the edge of the table. Break the acrylic sheet.

Over bend the sheet slightly to prevent memory and then let the sheet relax back into the form. The two best tools for this are a small butane torch the type used in the kitchen work well or you can also use an embossing heat tool used by card makers and. This article uses a sheet about 1 4 thick so all times are about 10 to 15 minutes per step. If you d like to reach out to us to.

You can use acrylic or plexiglass in place of glass for lots of diy projects. We re not that good at it come watch. Heat source small projects with bends that are close together will need upon heat source which can be easily aimed at small areas. To bend sheet plastic and acrylic you will need.

Here are some examples.