Bending Sheet Glass

Be sure that the marked line is above the heating element.

Bending sheet glass.

We re not that good at it come watch. Wear gloves as you do this to avoid burning your hands. Set the sheet of acrylic across the rests on the strip heater and turn it on. Rotate the glass as you heat.

Today we re using a line bender to form some acrylic for our new cnc dust shroud. A method of bending various sizes and shapes of flat glass sheets or plates wherein there is created a curved glass window assembly providing a radius of curvature along a single longitudinal. Now though german scientists have developed a method of bending a single sheet of glass to a 90 degree angle without affecting its optical properties. In order to bend a sheet of glass it is placed in a metal mold and then reheated.

Turn the sheet of acrylic over on the heating element every 30 60 seconds in order to avoid damaging it. If you d like to reach out to us to. Rotate the glass slowly and constantly and move it from side to side to heat approximately 5 cm 2 in of its length. This can cause the glass to deform at the contact points with the support.

Fit the 6 inch face of another 2 by 4 board that is as long as your acrylic sheet along the trimmed edge or untrimmed if you desire 90 degrees. This renders the glass soft and malleable so that it can be shaped according to the contours of the mold. This opens up a whole new range of potential products for. Heat until you feel or see the glass begin to sag at that point.

Hold the glass so the point where the bend will occur is directly in the tip of the blue flame. A new fraunhofer technique makes it possible to bend sheet glass into complex or unconventional shapes with the help of laser beams. Although panes of glass can already be. Screw the boards together through the second board straight into the base board placing a screw every 6 inches.