[Message Prev][Message
Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Message
Index][Thread Index]
Re: Any tips for plastic working.
On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 10:40:41 +0100, Stuart Grimshaw
<stuart.grimshaw@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Does anyone have any tips for cutting a straight line in plastic? What
> do you use to do it?
My approach is to score the area I want with something pointy, then
have at anything inside that area with a crappy soldering iron,
reserved entirely for this purpose. This is an extremely hazardous,
smelly, molten-plastic-dripping-on-your-leggy experience,
traditionally accomplished by much swearing. Once I'm close to the
desired outline, I file down to it using a selection of files, needle
files, etc.
You can get quite good results with this approach, it just takes a
very long time and makes you quite annoyed ;)
HTH
ant
Vote for the Christena Maloney Band!!
http://w3.cambridge-news.co.uk/lifestyle/competition.asp
UKHA_D Main Index |
UKHA_D Thread Index |
UKHA_D Home |
Archives Home
|