Full Version: Acrylic strip heater

From: James (TILER02) [#1]
24 Apr 2006
To: ALL

I have a plastic strip heater, trying to use for the first time. I placed the heater on the plastic, put a piece of porcalin tile on that to weight it, after 20 minutes I still can not get a piece of 1/16 plastic to bend. What am I doing wrong?

From: Peter [#2]
24 Apr 2006
To: James (TILER02) [#1] Unread

switch it on B-)

From: UncleSteve [#3]
24 Apr 2006
To: James (TILER02) [#1] Unread

The tile could be sucking all the heat out of the setup....

Can you put the plastic OVER the heater? and what kind of plastic are you trying to bend?

From: Nick (WOODWORKNICK) [#4]
24 Apr 2006
To: James (TILER02) [#1] Unread

Go to www.tapplastics.com Look around, there are a couple video's showing how to build your own acrylic bender and one showing how to bend plastic.

Napier's Laser Engraving
email: woodworknick@yahoo.com

From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#5]
24 Apr 2006
To: James (TILER02) [#1] Unread

James,

Does your strip heater have a thermostat?

Depending on the thickness of the acrylic, you'll probably need about 300 degrees.

You shouldn't need to place anything over the acrylic, to hold in contact with the heating element.

EDITED: 24 Apr 2006 by DGL

From: Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY) [#6]
24 Apr 2006
To: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#5] 24 Apr 2006

I use a premade strip heater, in a case. I place a piece of wood over the plastic to keep it from warping if it is thin, (wood is a fairly good insulator and if it does not start to turn brown you have not exceeded its temperature limit). Thicker I use nothing. It works very differently than an unrollable heater so no advice for that.

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