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Video: How to bend methacrylate for classic arcade control panel (By Mikonos)
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slasherman:
Thanks for the info...but I guess it's not a regular hair dryer you use......is it a dryer which one usually use on glue ?
Ed_McCarron:
Heat gun.  You can bend polycarbonate (Lexan) the same way, but be careful - too hot and the moisture in the sheet flashes to steam and bubbles the material.
slasherman:

--- Quote from: Ed_McCarron on October 05, 2008, 05:58:09 pm ---Heat gun.  You can bend polycarbonate (Lexan) the same way, but be careful - too hot and the moisture in the sheet flashes to steam and bubbles the material.

--- End quote ---
okey thanks for the info
StefanK:
Looks like how I did mine. I tried with 2 hairdriers at first but that wasnt enough. 1 heatgun could do the trick with no problems though.


And here is how I did the metal underneath )



And a bad picture of it in place.
ratzz:
Looks good, but what about that internal angle?

It doesn't look tight enough for a 90degere corner. Could you score out a 'V' shape in the internal angle (pre-heating) to make a sharp internal corner?

I would like to maybe try this, but I have no experience with the material so I'm not sure about cutting with a blade.

 :cheers:
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