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Thread: how to fold polycarbonate even 2mm sheet.

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    Preheat an oven en place the sheet in there, or
    Put up some water and carefully dunk your PC, or
    Use a heat gun and slowly fold the PC.

    There are less low-tech ways as well.

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    I just either cold fold it or go over the section I want to fold with a cigarette lighter before folding it in a vice. Helps to mark a line along where you want to fold it, but only ever mark it with a pen; if you score a line along where you're going to fold then it'll most likely split.

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    Heat it up slowly or it will bubble and become brittle. Take your time and don't rush it. I Bent some 5mm with a heat gun and it took 10-15 mins, one medium setting, before the area was hot enough to fold.

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    Polycarb is recommended to be folded cold for structural purposes. Heating polycarb makes it easier but also more brittle. 2mm folds fairly easily.

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