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How To: Forming Plastic Canopy Fram
Jessie_C
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Posted: Friday, January 03, 2014 - 05:08 PM UTC
Richard Tonge needed to form a plastic strip around the profile of a fragile vac-form canopy. Watch how he solved the problem.

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thegirl
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Posted: Saturday, January 04, 2014 - 06:25 AM UTC
Nice one Richard , I used a similar method for forming parts of the frame on my SSW build .





Terri
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Posted: Sunday, January 05, 2014 - 05:22 AM UTC
Hello...

Yes, it's a nice technic...! I'll take notes about it...

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Diego
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Posted: Monday, January 06, 2014 - 06:38 AM UTC
Richard, nicely done. Your method is much better then my glue and tape method.
Joel
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Posted: Monday, January 06, 2014 - 03:44 PM UTC
Joel , give it try . In stead of using a candle , tape the part to mould and dip it in hot water for a few seconds ...and let cool . Remove tape and part and walla !




Terri
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Posted: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 - 11:28 AM UTC
excellent work there. Always open to a reason to buy a new tool
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