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Old 02-09-2009, 04:06 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Tap Plastic How-To Videos

Hello -

I was looking up how to bend plastic for a possible Kamm-Back mod and I found this resource :

Tap Plastic How-To YouTube Videos :
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=...cs&view=videos

This is the one I was looking at :



But, I don't want to shell out $65 for their strip heater.

I was thinking that if I had thin clear plastic, say sub-1/8", I could use a black metal rod *underneath* the plastic along the line I want to bend. Maybe the black metal rod would have a simple concave "focusing mirror half-tube" like they have in solar arrays to make the black metal hot. Add one hot summer day, and some patience, and I think I could warm the plastic enough to bend it. The key would be *thin* clear plastic. Thick enough to maintain rigidity at speed, but thin enough to bend at close/hot temperatures.

Question: Would it work? I am guessing it wouldn't get hot enough to bend, right?

CarloSW2

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