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Offline Msby

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Re: Curved Polycarbonate Tube?
« Reply #15 on: June 14, 2007, 07:58:51 PM »
i'm gonna go with the oven on this one, i'll let you guys know how this one turns out if my friend and i turn out to be crazy enough to do it!

Offline darthmorbius

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Re: Curved Polycarbonate Tube?
« Reply #16 on: June 15, 2007, 12:14:53 AM »
but that takes a long time to do pianoman  ;)
also, the blade won't bend as much as Msby wants it to. an oven and careful bending is the only way to go that i can think of

With this method, you might want to fab up some sort of mandrel or jig to ensure that you don't kink the tubing too much while bending it. ;)

just my $0.02

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Re: Curved Polycarbonate Tube?
« Reply #17 on: June 15, 2007, 10:19:31 AM »
actually i just remembered something, what about a heatgun? that would easily be hot enough to soften the blade, but would it be too much?

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Re: Curved Polycarbonate Tube?
« Reply #18 on: June 15, 2007, 10:52:33 AM »
An oven would be better to use so that you can evenly heat the tubing. A eat gun could work, but you would have to keep an eye on the temperature, and work with smaller areas at a time.

 

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