This is fantastic. I am making a Dome for my FPV Drone ... and was looking for a solution . The Dome should be PC ... you know so that it does not break ..being mounted in the front and all. Could this same method be used for polycarbonate ?
Really cool design and execution! One suggestion- I would paint or line the bottom of the top lid with reflective metal paint or aluminum foil to reflect the heat back onto the top of the material.
very intestesting! I need to bond TPU to a carbon fibre... and peeling is going to be important... anyone any ideas? Ideally I'd use a two sided tape, but Im pretty sure none will be able to do this...
Thank you, the best solution is mechanical solution like a positive negative interlocking feature, if not, I feel the best solution is epoxy however, he still would need some mechanical grip
your dfm link needs updating.. "sorry results not found" With a sad dog is what that affiliate link goes to currently. cheers for doing the experiment so many of us have wondered about ... and now we have more info / data
Chemist here. Please do not use DMF for welding. It will make you impotent very quickly (men and women), and it will reduce your ability to process alcohol making you have serious hangovers. Use THF or DMSO, I would recommend THF. I don't know if this will work because I've never tried, but you could also give Ethyl Acetate (Common Paint thinner), Acetone, or Methyl ethyl ketone (MEK, another paint thinner). All of these have significantly fewer risks associated with them.
@@McAuley240 Not a carcinogen, high LD50, no reproductive effects, relatively high acceptable vapor exposure (150 ppm for 8 h). Compared to DMF it's basically water. Ethyl acetate or THF would probably be the best options.
I don’t know if this guy is screwing around or not, but I’m going to listen to him. I’m not going to use anything with chemicals that will prevent my fishes ability to swim
here you go, they are general dimensions, you will have to do part drawings and find the hardware. www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/jg7jbyrm6d9ovqpdyamqf/h?rlkey=pbqemg8ncbjcuu8r63gh7kre4&dl=0
A hot plate! Why didn't I think of that!? Here I was watching videos on these ridiculously overkill setups because I didn't want to use my oven. Two space heaters with the safeties removed, moving gantries of large coils for heating, etc., etc. One 20$ hot plate and done! Thank you for the fantastically simple idea!
Thanks for your kind comment, a friend of mine showed me this idea back in 1990s and I’ve used it ever cents., I’ve improved on the vacuum former design quite a few times, works well I’m just a simple hot pot and a simple vacuum hose
Good stuff. I am curious if you ever experimented in getting good contact cement to stick to the TPU to bond other rubbers (natural or thermal rubber TR, EPDM, etc). Contact cements don't seem to stick well the the low reactive TPU, so it seems to me a primer of sorts is needed. will one of these organic solvents work as a first primer layer that will make the contact cement bond really well to the TPU material?
I've just printed your presupported version as is on my original elegoo mars. The part came out perfectly, removing supports with my fingertipps was an ease and it fits on my original saturn built plate as it's meant to be. Thank you for sharing!
hi the current design doesnt seem to accommodate the screws on the side of the build plate. my build plate is different to the one you have in the video. Phrozen have changed the build plate design? currently each side have 6x screws. do you think you can modify your design to fit the new build plate? TIA
