How to make a DIY acrylic bender (Cheap & easy)
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
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In this video I make a acrylic bending tool, super useful for getting professional looking bends on plexiglass pieces. This thing is really easy to make and super useful for PC modding, which is what I mostly do. If you have any questions I didn't answer in the video go ahead and ask in the comments and I'll find you an answer!
Bit-techs RUclips channel: / @bittech1
List of tools and materials used in the video (amazon affiliate links):
MDF (or any kind of board) should be found locally, I got mine at home depot. I used two 2'x2' square boards.
Wood screws also found locally, must have flat tops.
Aluminum u-channel also found locally, half inch square works best
Nichrome wire: amzn.to/2ADJ3oN
Variable power supply: amzn.to/2AAue6n
Dremel rotary tool: amzn.to/2Ocxsk0
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1/8" drill bit: amzn.to/2OgxtDk
Screw driver bits: amzn.to/2qhCPEO
Step drill bit: amzn.to/2yJGsbl
Tension spring: amzn.to/2RsmPM1
Hinges: amzn.to/2PuaadZ
L square: amzn.to/2yCAJUI
Jigsaw: amzn.to/2RmCWdV
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Thanks for the shout out! Loved the video, really handy tutorial, especially given how overpriced acrylic bending wires tend to be.
I love your videos bro like Dietec...
bit-tech Fair Play Alex, hope you are well. Much love Rich Scooby Thailand. Great vid Dietec as just making one myself.
"When it is bendable - just bend it" Wiser words have never been uttered
Retired physics teacher here, and this is an outstanding little device! Perfect for building my squirrel feeders and keep the birds out at the same time! Great job lad.
Very helpful.
For others watching, suggest you pre-drill holes if you use MDP as it can split if your screws are close to the edge to the board.
this is pretty cool! one thing I'd add is a protractor though, hot glued or something on the side, with a screw or nail to show at what angle you've bent.
outstanding work. no extra yakking. just the facts and tips presented clearly and completely. ty
Cool! Nifty & Nice. Commercial benders are pricey. I'm gonna give this a shot. Thanks for the D.I.Y. Tute. Well executed.
Simple, clear, easy instructions, with links to all the needed stuff. Awesome! Well done!
Great video. Thanks for sharing 👍
Thank you for this video.. I'm DEFINITELY making myself a bender in the near future.
A nice simple but very helpful tool for modders. A perfect tutorial
I didn't know I needed this until today.... Thank you
finally a bender maked by a PC Modder. cool.
Thank you for a fantastic tutorial video.
much tx. been looking all over for a decent perspex diy bender
This is cool stuff. This is a better way of bending acrylic than what I do. thanks for sharing
Been looking for a power supply like that for ages. Nobody, including Google, seemed to know what I was talking about. I thought those things stopped being made. Thanks.
Liked your video. Bender is a bit crude. But, what the heck, it gets the job done. Bottom line.
I myself use a car/mc battery charger at minimium current setting (3 amps/12 volts) meaning about 80watts on the nichrome wire. Works great.
Thank You bro,, i amazed your vedeo tutorial here,, i got a New knowledge In You! for how to bend The doors acrylic bender im whatching in Philippines! 😁
Fantastic, going to make me one, thinking off incorperating the power supply into the unit, also add in a bend stop so you can set the angle you want to stop at, your an inspiration
Just make a fixture to clamp the bent plastic at the angle you want until it cools
Thank you so much for this!
Very Nice Set-Up and Easy To Make.
YES! Thank You! I was searching just for something like this to make some cool panels for my Yamaha xsr 700!
and for my Yamaha psr e373!
Thanks for this! Takes the fear out of it for me!👍
I wish I knew this decades ago 😂👍👍
Excellent video with useful information and very well explanation . Sir , thank you so much for sharing your knowledge . Greetings from Sri Lanka .
Thank you for the Vid! I have now built a similar machine but minus the extra baseboard, I just used a 3" ply strip and 4 small ply squares, 2 on each side. I also bought the recommended springs but found them way overpowered and strong, so I used a much softer spring from an Aldi box of assorted springs and it works fine, thank you again :)
Ты молодец! Продолжай и дальше нас радовать своим видео! Спасибо!
I just stumbled across your video while looking up acrylic bender, and I really like your design a lot. You mentioned looking up Bit-tech's RUclips channel, saying it wasn't going to be small for very long, but he hasn't uploaded anything for 9 months. He's not going to grow without uploading.
Nice video. Straight forward and simple. Thanks.
Cool build 👍🏻 I’m going to build one soon. Thanks for the video.
My new favorite DIY video
nice DIY tools .. thanks for your sharing
Awesomeness hands down.
Nice, simple and practical
thank you so much EMINEM for tutorial.
Thanks...Straight to the point.
Fantastic build, and quality music. Thank you good sir!
Thanks for sharing your hobby
That was brilliant. Thank you for doing this.
Great tutorial! Built mine a few days ago, but I finaly got my power supply delivered today. I'm thinking about making a psu shroud, wish me luck! :D
wow so simple and effective
Just what i was searching for! Great idea & great video. Thx a lot!
I use a 24 volt transformer with a light dimmer on the input side of the transformer to regulate the temperature of the nichrome for a hot wire cutter, I'm sure this would work for this application as well. The light dimmer is the type used in place of a wall switch and is made for incandescent lights, they may be harder to find since everything is going LED these days but worth looking into. I'm using a 500VA buck-boost transformer which is overkill but I've seen where other's have used a common door bell transformer.
I like the light dimmer idea. I was thinking of using an old laptop power supply. I should have something about right in my hord of old parts.
This may be a cheaper solution
It could be a shower dimmer.
Thank you! This is super helpful!
Brilliant video, going to make my own 1:8 scale display cases as they are expensive.
Thank you. Very informative
Thank you for this video. Now I can start bending. :)
I am gonna build this for in my workshop! Thanks for the tutorial!
Thank you. Very Helpful.
VERY EASY & GOOD JOB
beautiful work
Thank you for this video... this is a task I will complete to make some prototype projects!! Thank you 😊
Great video! Very useful info! Thanks much!
Thanks, building one this weekend
Hi !
This is the most explanatory video I saw describing an inexpensive Acrylic Bender jig, and I thank you for it.
I was looking several Acrylic bending tools on Amazon and they are all well overpriced for what they do. I then decided to surf on RUclips and .. Voilà!
One tip, however, that can dimiduish this wire bender's cost a lot. You don't need a regulated DC Supply. In fact, you don't need DC at all. You could use a cheap transformer with the appropriate ratings, of course.
Hope this helps. Thanks again for this video and good luck for the rest. Have a nice day!
Can yo9u send me a link to what you are referring too? I am not a techie.
Hello, do you mean a "raw" transformer, I mean, without rectifying? How many volts and amperage? Thanks
@@Dancopymus Hi, Dan.
This circuit does not require specific AC or DC voltage. However, I used a 12V DC @ 5A adaptor I took from Amazon. I then experimented on the amount of NiChrome wire to use, until it became a nice red color. Mind you, too red is like not enough. Id needs not to be too hot, otherwise it’ll melt the surface as the center of the sheet would be still « cold ».
@@daniellachance8778 Hi my namesake, thank you very much. So can I use a PC Power Supply?
@@Dancopymus hi again!
Of course .. as long as it can supply the necessary current to make the wire glow red. Check before, or do like I did, experiment 😂
Great Project. Thanks. Also Subscribed to your Channel.
Great video! I'm going to make one!
I just got a Cricut Maker about a month ago and it's been so friggin awesome!!! Def makes my Mods easier and look so much more professional for mods for my channel!!! We're saving up for a house, we anticipate closing around this time next year, but I can not wait till we do. I'm going to build a giant shed sectioned off into 3 sections. My Studio/Editing Workstation - Work Area for all my Tools/An Area to paint - and an area for other stuff like lawn mowers and general storage. I can not wait!!!! Dude when are you going to start posting videos again??? We miss you man!!!! You've been such a huuuge inspiration to me for modding and starting a channel!!
Awesome video dude, absolutely love all the DIY tutorials you do!
Great video! You are really making it look easy. I hope you will upload more vids soon.
You've a buncha really resourceful tricks, thanks for sharing this'll help alot.
Ok, that's freakin' slick!
Now I just need to find something to use this knowledge for!
You are brilliant!
Where are your 2019 videos you are a Great Modder that was a Brilliant Tutorial Thanks!!
One just went up :P
Great video thanks. Iam going to try and make one also
WOW! Take my like, kind sir.
This looks really useful! Much more elegant than heat gun ;)
awesome video - learnt alot, thanks
Fantastic video! Really makes this DIY project super simple!
How kewl is this !
Probably wouldn’t hurt to keep a co2 extinguisher handy (NOT water, lol)
Can't wait for you to mod something with this bender
Good job, man, I'm Brazilian and I love casemod, you have + 1 entered
Dude. That is awesome. Def gonna make me one of these.
Thank you. What a great idea!
Building one of this is definitely in my next to do list!! Thanks for sharing!
looks like can use cheap computer power supply :) .. cool tips. nice!
Thank you so much.. really helpful ..
Such a great tutorial.
pretty cool build, definitely worth it if you work a lot with acrylic, I guess I stick to a heat gun tho for the 2 bends I wanna make..
Amazing!
amazing truly
This is pretty ingenious. Thanks!
Really awesome thank you very much
Subbed, I watched your stuff for a while now... love your stuff. Keep up a good work! Is so nice to watch!
so nice
I love your idea 👌👌👌
Thank you
Is the voltage AC or DC? What thickness of Nichrome wire do you use - .032, .036, .040? Thanks. .032 Nichrome is no longer available on Amazon. FYI.
thanks for the video big help regards Allan UK
Wonderful ... keep making more 😀👍👍
Great video! Your wire won’t short out if it touches the U channel, unless the U channel is touching something that is grounded. I’m making a bender now based on your video. Thank you!
The channel could become energized though, and if you happen to brush up against it and provide a less resistive path to ground...... zippity zappity
@@Hyperlooper It's 12Vdc. You'd have as much of a chance at getting a zippity zappity from this power supply as you would touching the positive and negative terminals on a car battey. Your internal resistance is too high. AC on the otherhand is a different story.
Thanks for the information
Awesome video man i really appreciate it!
Great job and video too. Thanks for sharing!
Awesome. Thank you!
nice, now it only needs two ceramic spacers put below the hinges and an angle indicator on one side :)
Great video! thank you
Nice build
Marvelous!