| |
06-05-2010, 10:35 PM
| #1 |
| Quarry Creeper   Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Duluth
Posts: 388
|  Cutting plastic
Here's a trick That I used to use back in the day, I just remembered it tonight when I had to cut some tail light lenses. Take a bolt or spare soldering tip that threads into your soldering iron, Braze or weld a #2 hobby knife blade to it and screw it into your soldering iron, I used a 25 watt I had laying around, should have used the 60 watt, would have been quicker. Let it heat up then just slice thru what ever plastic you need to cut. Like a hot knife thru butter. |
|  |
| Sponsored Links | |
| | |
|
06-06-2010, 12:53 PM
| #2 |
| RCC Addict Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Rock Bouncin' with the Patented Technique
Posts: 1,374
|
Cool. I always just used an old box cutter, took a torch, and heated the knife up til it was red hot, then cut the plastic. Works probably just like yours, like a hot knife through butter.
|
|
| |
|
06-06-2010, 05:13 PM
| #3 |
| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Jacksonville FL
Posts: 975
|
damn y didnt i think of that!!!!!!
|
|
| |
|
06-06-2010, 06:48 PM
| #4 |
| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: phoenix
Posts: 64
|
careful with cutting delrin the smoke can kill ya. Otherwise great tip.
|
|
| |
|
06-08-2010, 11:04 AM
| #5 |
| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Grand Junction, CO.
Posts: 167
|
I just bought one but only use it for styrene there's lots of scary chemicals in plastic products. http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXSD16&P=7 Last edited by MystRacing; 06-08-2010 at 11:06 AM. |
|
| |
 |
| |
Linear Mode
