Bending plexiglass

Can someone tell me if Makerspace has heating element for heating and bending plexiglass… Sorry I don’t know what it called there days… but years ago when I was in high school wood shop. we had a strip heater?

Yes, in the plastic area, we have a bender. It is brown in color.

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Thank you - is there any training requirements to use it?

No. It gets hot, dont burn yourself. Lol
It should be under one of the plastics tables.

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Thank you :blush:

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Last question this weeks, I was over in plastics looking for a table saw… so I found an T84 blade for cutting sheet products… are we allowed to cut acrylic plexiglass in the wood shop? I don’t see it on the band list?

there is a contractor saw in the plastics area which was intended for sheet stock. Not sure about the blade in that saw. A good combination blade will do the job.

Thank you, that’s good to know… looks like there’s still a lot of setup to the area that needs to be done… if I can be of help please let me know…

I’ve asked this before. Plastics are allowed in the woodshop: