Comments on: Home built heater for plastic folding

By: Mr. Plastic

Mr. Plastic — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 01:10:57 +0000

Thanks Conrad. TAP is an awesome resource and one of the easier places to shop for those “odd” plastics working supplies you can’t easily find locally.

If you’d ever like to contribute an article to PlasticFanatics, with a return link to your site, please do - I’d be pleased to help promote your store further.

By: Conrad

Conrad — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 22:21:06 +0000

TAP Plastics has a free online video showing how to make a home-made heat bender. http://www.tapplastics.com

By: Mr. Plastic

Mr. Plastic — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 02:32:51 +0000

Hi Hugo,

So, are you trying to make the lens part or the rear/reflector portion? Do you need it to be clear (as for the lens) or anything else?

Depending on the light bulb that you’re running in the housing you make, you’ll want to be careful of the heat generated by the bulb and ensure that your plastic choice can handle it.

Also, if this is to be used on a motorcycle that is outdoors often, you’ll need to keep an eye on the UV stability of the plastic that you choose. If you don’t get a UV-stabilized plastic, it will yellow, craze, and crack from the sunlight.

Feel free to post this in the forums if you feel like it, as that’s a better place to discuss things in-depth and you might also get others contributing.

Mike

By: Hugo

Hugo — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 18:13:30 +0000

Need some information. I’m trying to create on a empty motorcycle head light shape a plastic I could heat and take the shape of the head light housing so it will not be an open hole. What type of plastic shlould I use, plain plexiglas, acrylic or what….? I have a heat gun I could use to heat a plastic sheet until it forms the eliptical shape of the empty head light. Is that correct?
Thank you.