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Sunday, January 18, 2015

Acrylic Bender from Old Kitchen Appliance

by Aaron


This is an acrylic bender made from an old sandwich bag sealer I picked up from the thrift-store for a couple of dollars.

I routed a grove in the board to mount the ceramic heat resistant piece below the nichrome wire. Did a little solder/re-wire job, stapled, screwed, and got a new tool.

Press the acrylic to the nichrome heating wire while holding the "on" button. After 10 or 20 seconds some melting begins, then take the acrylic off and bend it over an edge before it cools.

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