hi

has anyone any experience with abs plastic and perspex.car.mad:wink:

im gonna give making some eye-lids a shot.

also quite fance moulding perspex for som other stuff but id imagine it be the same tec.

any help or advice would be good

As far as I know it is heated and then vaccume molded on a vaccume table

 

Allan

i used to be a plastic fabricator many years ago . for ABS you need a vacuum former as allan said . perspex or acryllic to give it its proper name is not for moulding . it also scratches very easy and is brittle .

There are some carbon fiber ones on ebay for about £60iirc

60's bit to dear im afrad,

mot, insurance change over and RD tax is takin all my wages +i like makin stuff

for the plastic(i ken this sounds a bit ricer) im planning on putiing m3carbon fiber vinyl on it

just to see wot it looks like.

wot is the vacuum table for?

60's bit to dear im afrad,

mot, insurance change over and RD tax is takin all my wages +i like makin stuff

for the plastic(i ken this sounds a bit ricer) im planning on putiing m3carbon fiber vinyl on it

just to see wot it looks like.

wot is the vacuum table for?

 

it sucks the heated ABS down onto the mold .

ahh

wot if you dont have a mold and just shaping it with a heat gun and wrapping it in abouve said vinyl,

like i said im just wanting to see how it turns out

if it's bull then at least i tryd it and if it goes well then bonus its costing less than £10 for bits

ahh

wot if you dont have a mold and just shaping it with a heat gun and wrapping it in abouve said vinyl,

like i said im just wanting to see how it turns out

if it's bull then at least i tryd it and if it goes well then bonus its costing less than £10 for bits

 

my best advice would be forget the heat gun . stick it in the oven on gas mark 6 for about 10 mins lol

my advice is... dont bother... eye lids are for corsas and saxos! :hammer: