I show how to use a soldering iron to fuse plastic together.
Fusing plastic sheets.
There s no shortage of those in the world unfortunately.
While picking the right plastic adhesive can make you wish you d majored in chemistry welding is arguably the better method for fusing two plastic components.
It should be fairly smooth and one sheet to the touch watch out its a little hot.
There are two ways to glue polycarbonate sheets.
Using epoxide glue for this purpose is a relatively simple procedure but fusing the sheets together is a little more.
Peel parchment paper away from finished plastic sheet.
It tends to be more effective than using glue and can be done quickly and cheaply if you have the right tools.
A hard heat resistant surface like a wooden cutting board 3.
Now you can use this stuff to make a million things.
Using an epoxide or fusing the sheets together.
This is all you need to start fusing.
Peel a corner of the paper back to see if the plastic is fused together.
For this project you need white 3 grocery type bags some small scraps of colored plastic bags and one thin clear bag such as a dry cleaning bag or newspaper delivery bag.
This can be used to seal bags make them to the specific size of the object inside and create an.
Polycarbonate is a clear colorless plastic often used as a replacement for glass.
These can be made in arbitrary 2d shapes by using a soldering iron to fuse the edges of two plastic sheets together but it s obviously a.