[TR] Triumphs Digest, Vol 3, Issue 324

[Don Spence]

A hair dryer won't do any good. You need focused heat to soften the  
area you want to bend.  You can use an electric oven element or an  
electric barbecue starter (does anybody still use charcoal?) .  You  
want to localize the heat so the bend occurs where you want it. It  
also helps to have something of an appropriate diameter to bend it  
around ( Broom stick, dowel etc.)   Practice with some scrap first.
On 16-Jul-09, at 12:00 PM, triumphs-request at autox.team.net wrote:

> From: "Randall" <tr3driver at ca.rr.com>
> Date: July 16, 2009 11:33:28 AM MDT (CA)
> Cc: Triumphs at autox.team.net
> Subject: [TR] Forming plexi
>
>
> pethier at comcast.net wrote :
>> I would not go near a piece of plexi with a heat gun unless I was
>> trying to form it.
>
> Since you've raised the topic, what is the easiest way for a total  
> novice to
> go about putting some mild bends in some 3/16" Plexiglas?  I've got  
> some old
> AMCO wind deflectors for my project TR3, but the plexi is broken on  
> one
> side.  The original had a gentle S-curve to fit around the car body  
> better,
> which I would like to duplicate for a replacement piece.
>
> Is a heat gun the way to go?  Are we talking hair dryer or heat shrink
> tubing gun?
>
> -- Randall