Ammnra Quick Tip: Heat Bending Sheet Acrylic

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Working in 2D with sheet acrylic is great (especially with laser cutters/engravers) but eventually you're going to need to add that extra dimension and go 3D. Here's a quick tip on how to heat bend your 1/8in (~3mm) sheet acrylic.
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@sinisteress376 8 лет назад

Thank you soo much for this! I've been trying all afternoon to slightly bend a small sheet with a heat gun and this worked first time!

@legodovakin 9 лет назад

These quick tip videos are awesome please keep them up

@ireneplusbrenda 4 года назад

Exactly what I was looking for! Clear and to the point, thank you.

@MarksRandomVideos 8 лет назад

Good, quick, informative, well spoken and presented video. I am just getting into acrylic and this has helped a lot! Love the logo too ;)

@patriciawiley99 Год назад

Great information. Clear. Concise. To the point. Thank you for sharing your knowledge! FF to 3 months later...I finally got a chance to use this video today and it worked perfectly! Thanks again!

@TheChicagoL 6 лет назад

Love it!!!!! Sweet, to the point and very informative!!!!!

@justchill7891 8 лет назад

Great tip! Thanks for sharing your method.

@Lykcos 9 лет назад

Wooo! More tips! Keep em up

@artdonovandesign 3 года назад

ALL YT studio tech tips should be as clear, as direct and as helpful as yours! Subscribed! My Thanks 😀

@JohnnyMuffintop 9 лет назад

Thanks a lot for this! Been wanting to make a redesigned Geordi La Forge visor and needed to know how to go about it.

@othmanmdhashim5991 7 лет назад

Marvelous ...thank you very much brother ....very helpful ...Malaysia .

@T3kn0Hazard 9 лет назад

Thanks again for all of the good tips!

@cesareduardoglzf 7 лет назад

This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!

@Hapasan808 6 лет назад

Great tip, I'm going to try this.

@vince8963 8 лет назад

very helpful video with great tips!!

@juliatruchsess1019 6 лет назад

Very nicely done, thanks!

@joseluisruiz3789 8 лет назад

genius!!!!! liked and subscribed!!!!!

@stevejones291 2 года назад

Thanks for the info! Worked like a charm.

@RossAlexanderSr 2 года назад

This worked amazing! I did 350 for exactly 6 mins and it was perfect - even for 4mm. The one thing I noticed was it only worked on cast acrylic which is fine since that’s mostly what I use. The test I did on extruded melted to the aluminum foil. In both cases I only noticed minor fumes when I opened the door but they went away quickly. Thank you for this advice!!

@1designm923 3 года назад

Thank you very much... this is a very useful piece of knowledge that I will apply to my designs!

@cofa4011 4 года назад

Cool tips, thanks dude !

@sobekcroc 9 лет назад

Classy R2 bowl.

@chelseastockton2040 6 лет назад

Thank you this was very informative!

@mikelawrence2319 4 года назад

how cool is that!

@carminone 6 лет назад

So you first get it floppy, then you shape it! Great video!

@GrandadsWorkshop5252 2 года назад

Brilliant tip thank you

@anchoredreef3427 2 года назад

Thank u u just helped me take my aquarium building to the next level 🤝🏽💯

@Cornered_Cat 8 лет назад

helped me with my project, thank you.

@XFX4JOHN 2 года назад

thanks for the tip

@katzutylin 8 лет назад

Thank you! Damn, why didn't I come up with bending it over a pan. This has helped me so much

@taghiramzi 6 лет назад

very useful , thanks.

@thebeybladearmory 5 лет назад

Since I found you on RU-vid this was the 1st video I watched, how did you etch the design?

@ZeroSalvator 9 лет назад

Very creative, you may also like to know that when swords are made they follow the same law of thermodynamics that you pointed out in the cooling plastic. This is that if you let it cool naturally the blade will become INCREDIBLY durable and tough, much more than if you simply cool it in water and make very hard for good cutting but terrible for resilience as it becomes almost as brittle as glass at its edge. Thought you might like to know this, not many people do.

@LeoA05 6 лет назад

I like this.

@ratbagzbigpondnetau 7 лет назад

Great idea, and thank you. Just wondering, if I was to laser engrave onto acyrlic then use your technique to make a curve, would the engraving be affected in any way?

@adangmukti5588 4 года назад

thank's for your sharing idea ,

@goody101038 9 лет назад

Awesome video Ammnra. But for a question, how do different materials react to being molded and casted? Would extruded polystyrene or EVA hold up in the process? Would it even work?

@DrigitaRygen 9 лет назад

Is it possible for you to make video of DIY acrylic gaming PC chassis? That would be super cool to see in your channel.

@bigfletch8 7 лет назад

The simple things we don't know about :-).Thanks. I have a caravan with acrylic windows with a slightly curved face ,which flattens out at the edges.One was broken so I'm wondering if I use the opposite one as a mould, will the temp of the shaping piece damage the good one? Much appreciated.

@trevorhenry1003 5 лет назад

That's rad

@AbeOnline66 8 лет назад

Thanks for the video. Where did you buy the gloves? I mean, the leather driving gloves. They kinda look heat resistance!

@gunslinger8714 7 лет назад

Awesome Video! How do you get the design onto they acrylic? Is it done with a laser?

@shriramsonawane6597 Год назад

Thank you sir

@wellingtonwong6021 4 года назад

nice video. will this work on acrylic sheets about 1/4mm thick? i'm planning to create a completely round aquarium using this method

@sonyplayboy2 7 лет назад

i have a question after you have molded the Acrylic can you get an led to still shine around your new mode

@justinmurray5159 9 лет назад

What types of plastic can you use for like a halo helmet or something along those lines and how can you shape it thank you

@D3CD95 6 лет назад

Can you make nice sharp angles with that method? I mean shapes like the front of a boat?

@eggfuyung92 9 лет назад

Awesome tip for bending acrylic. I'm surprised how well the oven worked. I always just used the heat gun.

@IkaSternenlicht 3 года назад

If I wanted to make corners by heat forming 2mm acrylic (clear if it varies between colors) on a cardboard form using just gravity, would it still be the same time and temperature? I want to make a visor that's narrower at the sides than in the middle then add window tint to give it a black color without hindering my vision too much (the tint would be applied after of course).

@jeremyescalante12 8 лет назад

If you have a 0.3 inch Acrylic can you use the oven and how many mins do you have to keep it

@billeckhardt8834 5 лет назад

will a piece of heated plexi (350deg.) melt painted goods...like a fender on a car? im trying to make a mud flap

@nyeyn 3 года назад

I need to create a 48” diameter semicircle of 8” tall acrylic (actually two, one for each end), as a table end barrier for a slot car track. What thickness would you recommend, and can I do this with a heat gun and a few extra helpers (7-9 years old)?

@ArcanePath360 6 лет назад

Sweet, thanks. Trying to curve a large piece of 5mm into a curve and the heat gun is just warping it all over the place while taking a lot of heat to bend. I think I'll try this method as I need the whole thing to uniformly bend.

@JohnLeeKoreanSeoul 5 лет назад

same thing happened to me. Was trying to use a heat gun to bend some sheets into a visor shape, but the bending was uneven. Gonna use an oven next time

@artdonovandesign 3 года назад

I had same problem with the heat gun. Too small a diameter of heat to evenly warm the 8" wide x 14" long piece of 1/8th" plexi.

@ncenta 4 года назад

Does the acrylic emit an unpleasant smell when being heated at 350 degrees Fahrenheit?

@lorikoza4426 2 года назад

Yes it does! Don’t use home cooking oven.

@Deadkandy 7 лет назад

Hey. How/where do you get your coloured plexiglass/acrylic?

@lancetyler3872 2 года назад

Im making two windshields for my bass boat im going to use a 16inx36in x3/16 tinted acrylic what temp and how long should i leave it in oven.i made a drape mold to lay the piece over

@claygirl6133 7 лет назад

I want to make a box to carve Ostrich eggs and I need to round out a sheet, would it be safe to shape it with a large PVC tube?

@ahrkricardo7013 4 года назад

What if you use the inside of the pot? Would it try to return to its original flat shape?

@ryxryzpututui 4 года назад

May I know how you put those designs (numbers and lines) in the acrylic?

@Sibalconb 9 лет назад

How can i curv thin craft foam without heatgun

@Murpheos 8 лет назад

You sir, have inspired me! Thank you so much for this video! I do have one question: how would you go about bending a piece of flat sheet acryllic into a rounded, dome-like shape?

@edgymcmemes1718 8 лет назад

I don't think that would be plausible with just heat. The circumference would change so you'd need to measure a few places to cut into.

@TheChaselg1 3 года назад

@@edgymcmemes1718 Use a vacuum former.

@edgymcmemes1718 3 года назад

@@TheChaselg1 I'm sure OP appreciates this, 5 years on. Lmaooo

@ammnra 3 года назад

Multi axis banding (curved in two directions) is hard with sheet acrylic. I've tried vacuum forming and it never really worked for me. You can do it but you'll be fighting wrinkles or folds with extremely domes surfaces.

@shadowolf91able 9 лет назад

will this work on bigger 1/8 sheet acrylic say a 15" x 15" or 30" x 30" just as examples

@michaelmccullough1034 5 лет назад

Any ideas what I can use to shape a headpiece without actually using my face?

@normanroach6856 Год назад

What temperature and time should I use for Lexan .060?

@autumnjeserich2689 Год назад

I been heat bending sheets to try to make instrument cluster lens since I repair a lot of them. I keep having issues where the acrylic becomes lumpy

@gtxr2425 8 лет назад

The designs on the sheets are they self made or pre-ordered ?

@zacsarachman6446 Год назад

how do you measure for those attatchment slots??

@SupperSarcasticGuy 5 лет назад

I have a question, will the heating prosses in my oven, ruined the clarity of clear acrylic 1/16 inch thick sheet? I need to form a visor with a 90 degree angles on each side for my goggles... Please let me know maybe im better of using a hair dryer

@aaronwatson8855 5 лет назад

Any tips for someone with a piece of acrylic too big for an oven? I am putting a port hole in a wine barrel and it is tough going. I am using a heat gun but without being able to heat the entire piece at once, the shape is no where near perfect!

@anniegraves6068 7 лет назад

If I needed to form something bigger, could I use a heat gun?

@jackyeferreira 3 года назад

Can you buy this small sheets? How do you cut. It? Thanks

@lancetyler3872 2 года назад

Im wanting to make 2 small bass boat windshields i made a mold to drape it over after i heat it what do i ask for when ordering material i want a black sheet of material about 3/16 thick

@zubairally7625 3 года назад

Is it possible to form a box by heating acrylic as you shown and then making a box.. hope you answer

@GoldsteinStudio 6 лет назад

are there any fumes to worry about when you heat acrylic to 350 degrees?

@lorikoza4426 2 года назад

Yes! There are! And the oven you cook in should NOT be used.

@thebeybladearmory 5 лет назад

Can a heat gun work instead of the oven?

@justinstraton1850 7 лет назад

Question...I'm currently in the process of making my own "bending table", but I've heard of the option of using an oven, as you have demonstrated... My question is, what temp and time period would I need to go with when bending or forming 3/8" cast acrylic sheet? Thanks

@jaishetty8586 3 года назад

350°F for 6 minutes, as ammnra said. Watch the video at 1:55 as many times you like.

@eclipseslayer98 9 лет назад

Imagine making one of his folding blades out of acrylic and silver tape. That might be cool.

@mohdkabir2680 4 года назад

How we can bend 12mm thick acrylic sheet

@northamericanvanlines 8 лет назад

great video and advice, you didn't miss a beat when talking

@bonbonpony 5 лет назад

How did you make those fancy patterns inside of it?

@victoranne5913 5 лет назад

Bon Bon usually using a dermal I’d imagine

@EricLancer14 2 года назад

He killed R2D2! OMG

@roselisesullivanbarrett 8 лет назад

Best way to cut acrylic sheets?

@ScottBarrettihq 8 лет назад

laser cutting is clean and easy - if you have access - but for larger sheets, and if you want to do angles, something called a festool is amazing and accurate