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Re: Lexan heating strip / tape

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Originally Posted by Garret View Post
How well did this work? Did you have to heat the material at all or do anything special before hand?
No, lexan is quite flexible; you just have to bend it past the angle you want because of its rigidity. Angles are also hard to get right; I find that the effective bend radius is ~2x the thickness of the lexan when done in a break. It works quite well when done right though.

Heating is only necessary for custom molding (e.g. cylindrical shapes), although it's very difficult to do (a clean job) without experience.
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