Bending PMMA (Plexiglas): We are a group of 3 students of the second year Industrial Design (Kortrijk, Belgium).We got an assignment for building a machine with which we could bend PMMA, also known as plexiglas.We chose to experiment with the concept of u

Bending acrylic is best done with a strip heater or line bender but you can use an ordinary oven set at 120-160C use a jig or former to get the angle correct. Never use water to cool the acrylic as this will make the acrylic brittle. Scoring is the best w

Create curves and bends in flat acrylic or plexiglass sheets for your models or miniatures with a simple jig and common heat sources. Most scale models won't need bends in acrylic more than 1/16 inch thick. The difficulty with small projects, having t