THE MUST-HAVE TOOL FOR MANY A PROJECT

Every now and then I embark on a project that seems straightforward at the outset but I soon find myself revising, modifying, and adapting various aspects of it before it is completed. Making an acrylic bender proved to be a prime example. It was also a salutary lesson to take on projects featured on YouTube with a grain of salt.

Acrylic, or Perspex, is one of those materials that lends itself to a host of small projects. However, it is a material that can be finicky to work with, difficult to glue, reluctant to bend, and prone to sudden and unexpected failure if pressure is applied to it incorrectly. On the other hand, it is non conductive, can be transparent or coloured, and can be bent into all sorts of shapes using an acrylic bender. So if you do any projects that incorporate Perspex, such as toy cars, aquariums, business-card holders, or bird feeders, an acrylic bender is a musthave tool.

If you do any projects that incorporate Perspex … an acrylic bender