Flame Polishing Acrylic..A must see!

[wizard]

Check this out....

How to flame polish an acrylic duck call barrel - YouTube

I have my lathe and Smith torch set up...and if I don't set fire to something...may have something to show later.

Doc

 

[randyrls]

That is neat!

 

[OZturner]

Doc Thanks for the video link.
An amazing result on the Acrylic Duck Call, I look forward to your trial.
Certainly made it crystal clear.
Regards,
Brian.

 

[Cmiles1985]

That is really neat! Thank you for sharing.

 

[Dick Mahany]

Nice link, thanks. I recently tried flame polishing a small cylindrical notch that I sanded into a 3/4" acrylic cube. I used a Mapp gas torch with a standard tip and it bubbled very quickly. The technique shown here with the small flame looks like the way to go, but I was surprised to see the Oxy-Propane set up as I would have thought that would have been too hot, but obviously not with his method.

 

[PSNCO]

When flaming acrylic, a hydrogen/oxygen torch is much "cleaner". I've flame edged a lot of acrylic. Mapp gas will do it after a lot of practice, but hydrogen/oxygen is a whole lot easier.

Be sure it's true acrylic that you try to flame polish. I don't think Poly resin or alumilite and a flame would work too well.

 

[Dick Mahany]

When flaming acrylic, a hydrogen/oxygen torch is much "cleaner". I've flame edged a lot of acrylic. Mapp gas will do it after a lot of practice, but hydrogen/oxygen is a whole lot easier.

Be sure it's true acrylic that you try to flame polish. I don't think Poly resin or alumilite and a flame would work too well.

I'll need to give that a try. I have also heard that polycarbonate won't flame polish, but I have no direct experience with trying to do that.

 

[eranox]

That is too cool! I'm going to have to give this a try.

 

[Brooks803]

It also works on CA.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiLGJ8Wg5D0&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[PR_Princess]

Too cool!

 

[PR_Princess]

I have my lathe and Smith torch set up...and if I don't set fire to something...may have something to show later.

Doc

Ha!...And Karen thought Ebonite smelled! :biggrin:

 

[lorbay]

Well Doc I have seen that before, I can't wait to see your torch tip to get inside a barrel of a pen.
Lin

 

[Kaspar]

I wonder if this would work on Lucite? Sure could save some time.

 

[PSNCO]

I wonder if this would work on Lucite? Sure could save some time.

Lucite is just a name for an acrylic. Yes, Lucite will flame polish.

 

[Kaspar]

I wonder if this would work on Lucite? Sure could save some time.

Lucite is just a name for an acrylic. Yes, Lucite will flame polish.

Indeed? Awesome.

BTW, I do know that Lucite is a trade name, however in turning down various plastics I find Lucite to be clearly "high end."