Re: Cage type secondary former

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Original poster: "Harold Weiss by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <hweiss-at-new.rr-dot-com>

Hi All,

ON ACYRLIC

The bonding agent is Plexcement.  It is a solvent weld process like PVC pipe
cement.  It is a thin watery liquid that is applied with a needle bottle or
syringe.  For making a tube out of sheet, I wouldn't try.  Thermoforming
parts can be very hard without the proper tools.( oven, strip heater, ect.)
Blow torches can do it, but you will probably get bubbles.  It takes a lot
of practice.

David E Weiss


 > Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>
 >
 > Hi Steve,
 >
 > My local plastics guy just says to get thin plastic (I think he said
Lexan,
 > but I am not sure) and bend a flat sheet over into a tube and glue it
 > up.  I didn't get all the details since it was busy wildly diving into the
 > free scraps bin, but he seemed to think it was a real easy thing to do.  I
 > am not sure how the seem is made but this guy can glue edges that are
 > invisible with solvents that "melt" the plastic edges together just like
 > they were made that way.
 >
 > Cheers,
 >
 >          Terry
 >