Category Archives: Tools

If you’re really serious about bending plastic

Posted on August 3, 2008 by Mr. Plastic

This goes well beyond the average hobbiest, but if you’re someone who regularly needs to bend and form things like PVC pipe, you know you need a large heat source. This HotBend hand-held propane heater will get the job done!

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Home built heater for plastic folding

Posted on June 30, 2007 by Mr. Plastic

Here is a home-built heating strip that allowed the creation of bent acrylic panels for a custom panel in a computer.

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Make custom tools with Friendly Plastic / Shapelock

Posted on June 23, 2007 by Mr. Plastic

Here’s a good how-to showing how you can use the low temperature plastics called Shapelock or Friendly Plastic to make custom tools.

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