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

Once in a while, you need to make a custom tool. It might be a one-use wrench or perhaps something you just think will be handy for whatever you make on a regular basis.

Before the advent of low-temperature moldable plastics like Friendly Plastic or Shapelock, you would have had to try to cast or form the tool with a liquid resin. That can be messy and involves making molds and all sorts of hassles you don’t want when you’re in a hurry to do something.

So, grab your Shapelock or Friendly Plastic and heat some water because you can easily make custom tools with it and here’s how!