Humbug
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| posted on 18/3/06 at 12:26 PM |
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Lexan bonnet scoop?
What does anyone think about having a bonnet scoop made from smoked Lexan?
I imagine it would be relatively easy to make - just a couple of bends, with the front open for air entry, and would look different, anyway!
Only problem I can think of is heat - would it melt?
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MkIndy7
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| posted on 18/3/06 at 01:08 PM |
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Doubt it,
I'm sure I read that Nitro powered remote control car body shells are made of Lexan
and they get pretty hot with air cooled engines in them.
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Hammerhead
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| posted on 18/3/06 at 03:08 PM |
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should be ok. people vac form with it. I made a vac form bench at home. Just heat the plastic in the oven and use a got shop vac. great fun.
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Humbug
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| posted on 18/3/06 at 03:20 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Hammerhead
should be ok. people vac form with it. I made a vac form bench at home. Just heat the plastic in the oven and use a got shop vac. great fun.
I only understood about half of that
what's a vac(uum) form bench?
what's a got shop vac?
how would I make something with those?
[Edited on 18.03.2006 by Humbug]
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trogdor
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| posted on 18/3/06 at 03:36 PM |
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vac form benches are pretty cool, i used on in my electronics gcse. they produce plastic items by heating up the plastic til its able to form around a
plug that has been made in the shape u want to have. we used wood.
the plastic is pulled around the former by a vacuum supply. til its cooled and hardened.
hope that makes sense, am sure someone will do a better job if it doesn't!
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