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For questions about utilizing plastic, or materials meant to be used with plastic. Questions about specific types of plastic, such as PVC or ABS, should also use those tags.
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Are the teeth of this machine iron or steel?
You can find plans for making various shredding machines by using the terms "metal shredding machine plans" which will also present a number of plans for similar machines for shredding plastic. …
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Rectangle-Cylindrical Enclosure ideas?
As your objective appears to be the requirement to present a product, you aren't asking for production methods. This suggests that a suitable method is to use 3D printing, specifically resin printing, …
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How to get a precise "top" of a cylinder?
If you have access to a table saw, you can place the cylinder against the miter guide and carefully advance it into the blade.
For a non-power-tool related option, a hand saw miter box will provide s …
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How to make plastic badges?
What you are seeing may have been constructed at the gym, but they would have used a device available to anyone. It's likely called a badge laminating machine or some combination of those terms.
Amaz …
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How to add weights to circuit board standoffs(spacers) of a acrylic board?
For your purposes, one can expect that more weight, as low as possible, will accomplish your objective. With circuit board standoffs, you have a threaded hole at one end and a threaded stud at the oth …
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Making plastic mold from plastic sheet
Depending on the material you will be casting in the mold, you may find that you can make use of a product called Hand Moldable Plastic. … You can reheat the plastic as many times as needed and knead it into the model being molded, but I think some detail may be lost.
HMP is a material similar to that used in plastic milk jugs. …
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How to cut a hole in a globe without breaking it?
This will minimize the damage to the surrounding area, while "gently" imposing the blade into the plastic surface. … Slide the blade
along the tape wall with the tip resting against plastic at the cut
point. …
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Dishwasher-proof way to personalize plastic lunch containers
Both types of plastic, polyethylene and polypropylene are "slippery" and do not take glue or other adhesive attachments well. By extension, paint products are likely to slip off in some manner. … You could use a soldering iron or wood marking iron to engrave your mark(s) on the surface of the plastic. …
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How can I cut a near perfect circle out of a plastic bottle?
Because the plastic is quite thin, it will not hold up well to a rotary cutter such as a hole saw or similar cutter. A trammel type cutter would likely be much worse. … The flame melted more of the plastic than the pipe did, making this mistake valid only in the form of what to avoid. …
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Tapering a 43mm hole in 1/2" acrylic sheet out to 47mm
Acrylic plastic is prone to "catching" and cracking, so use recommended practices to drill a pilot hole. The diameter of the hole will depend on the next step. …
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How to reproduce faux tortoise shell material
I've recently viewed a YouTube'r creating pen blanks with two different colored resins and pine cones. She placed a timer in the camera view and after mixing the two parts of the respective resins wai …
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What material(s) I can use to make this kind "hard" waterproof board at home?
I've often seen on a couple of YouTube channels the practice of recycling plastic bottles by melting and applying pressure in a form. It's HDPE and carries a number two recycle symbol. … A plank or other suitable pressure plate is applied while the plastic cools. The video shows the use of a flat plate sandwich maker type appliance and a silicone baking sheet. …
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Interlocking plastic, rubber, or foam product that can be cut to size?
I believe that Matt's suggestion of what is called plastic mesh is likely to be the best find. … The image above shows a typical product known as 7 mesh plastic canvas, for 7 holes per inch and lists as being 13.5 by 10.5 inches without a thickness reference. …
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What's the name of this type of acrylic?
I did a quick search for "pearlescent acrylic sheet" and it appears there is at least one resource for this type of product. Various contours and colors are available from Acrilex and they all look qu …
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