A few months ago, we let you know that renowned circuit sculptor [Jiří Praus] was working on a precision wire-bending machine to help him hone his craft. Now it’s real, it’s spectacular ...
The business end of the bending tool is the red-hot Nichrome wire running through the aluminum channel. That channel is used to protect the MDF and act as a spacer so that the wire doesn’t touch ...
There are a few different options for heating plastic to bending point. For this example, we are using a hot wire heater, but the process is the same for a strip heater. Set the hot wire heater to ...