I did an experiment. I took a 1/4" thick piece of junk Lexan, and beat it with a steel bar. The Lexan piece would not shatter. It is supposed to be bendable cold, but I do not have the facilities to do this.
I bend mine with a gas torch. I learned how to be careful with the torch, to avoid most surface bubbling. I still get some bubbles, but not too much, and it is just fine for a mill enclosure. I tried a plastic heating strip, it was not hot enough for 1/4" Lexan. i On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 10:15 AM, Dave <[email protected]> wrote: > Plexiglas does shatter... I have first hand experience with that. > > I thought thermoforming was required of Lexan also, otherwise I would > have bending Lexan years ago! :-) > > That is a huge advantage. > > Dave > > On 4/6/2011 10:48 AM, Mark Wendt wrote: > > On 04/06/2011 10:36 AM, Dave wrote: > > > >> It does make logical sense but all of the websites ( I found ) say that > >> heat is required to bend polycarbonate. > >> > >> Perhaps they are confusing Lexan with Plexiglass... > >> > >> I like the "just throw it in the bender" idea myself! :-) > >> > >> Much simpler. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Dave > >> > > Plexiglas is likely to just shatter. Lexan seems to be a bit more > pliable. > > > > Mark > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Xperia(TM) PLAY > > It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming > > smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. > > And it wants your games. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Xperia(TM) PLAY > It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming > smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. > And it wants your games. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Xperia(TM) PLAY It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. And it wants your games. http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
