Bending Glass Sheet

To create bends for small scale projects in plexiglass perspex or acrylic 1 8 inch and thinner you can use a small torch butane kitchen torches work well a paint stripping heat gun or an embossing heat tool which is a wand that works very similarly to a paint stripping gun but using a smaller more directed heat flow with a smaller fan.

Bending glass sheet.

It can be cut with a metal saw joined and sealed drilled ground and bent. In this technique the two glass sheets laid on one another with insertion of a suitable separating agent. Plexiglas is a trade name for one of several acrylic sheets used as a transparent construction material and it is a shatter proof substitute for glass. A method of bending various sizes and shapes of flat glass sheets or plates wherein there is created a curved glass window assembly providing a radius of curvature along a single longitudinal plane.

Bending a glass pane or bottle to a precise shape is not feasible without professional equipment. All you need is a flame. However glass rods and tubing is easy to bend and frequently done by artists and people working in laboratories. Today i m going to show you how to bend acrylic which opens a whole new world of possibilities for diy projects.

Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. A b c and d are the four corner points of the glass sheet respectively. As shown in fig. 2 the central point of the glass sheet is o whereas o is the midpoint of the free edge cd.

In order to bend a sheet of glass it is placed in a metal mold and then reheated. After the hot bending the glass sheet becomes a mirror with a linear concentrating deflection surface or a cylindrical deflection surface mirror. It is produced in various thicknesses and tints. Moving it while it is still warm and flexible will cause it to lose the bend.

This renders the glass soft and malleable so that it can be shaped according to the contours of the mold. Don t forget to subscribe. Trace the sides of your bent acrylic in order to create side pieces for an enclosure.