Screech
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- Nov 20, 2013
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- Parrots
- The Budgies: Chirpy, Squawky, Feisty, Peeps; The Giant: Beaker The Greenwing
While I was browsing around for bird toys I came across this page: Macaw Bird Toys by Nalani Toys
If you look down the list you'll see some formed PVC tubing. I never thought of this myself, but I know exactly how it is formed: heat and gloved hand. I looked around for how-to's on PVC forming and found this: HOW TO BEND PVC PIPE
My little experiment:
So after reading through about bending pipe, I decided to try for myself on a small half pipe of 1" PVC. My sample was only 4" long, so I decided I would form into a flat sheet. With the heat gun about 2" away from the material on high setting I was able to undo most of the curvature and form a flat-ish piece. I then examined to find any fumes from burnt plastic and on further examination I did find some bubbling. This is not a certain indicator, however, as I did not examine the sample's surface before applying heat.
Any thoughts on this? If heat forming can be done safely (it seems to be safe enough to market toys), I imagine very intricate play structures could be made without the use of any elbows.
If you look down the list you'll see some formed PVC tubing. I never thought of this myself, but I know exactly how it is formed: heat and gloved hand. I looked around for how-to's on PVC forming and found this: HOW TO BEND PVC PIPE
My little experiment:
So after reading through about bending pipe, I decided to try for myself on a small half pipe of 1" PVC. My sample was only 4" long, so I decided I would form into a flat sheet. With the heat gun about 2" away from the material on high setting I was able to undo most of the curvature and form a flat-ish piece. I then examined to find any fumes from burnt plastic and on further examination I did find some bubbling. This is not a certain indicator, however, as I did not examine the sample's surface before applying heat.
Any thoughts on this? If heat forming can be done safely (it seems to be safe enough to market toys), I imagine very intricate play structures could be made without the use of any elbows.