How To Bend Fiberglass Sheet
Apply more heat or less heat by moving the heat gun closer to or farther away from the fiberglass.
How to bend fiberglass sheet. Tim s doing a nice series here. Use the heat gun to apply heat to the surface of the fiberglass for around half a minute holding the gun around 3 inches from the panel. It ll be helpful to a lot of folks. I ve been in the advanced composites field for almost 40 years now built the space shuttle b 1b bomber lots of other aerospace stuff as well as hennessey s viper composite line a.
One thought on here s how to cut drill and bend carbon fiber panels for your next build gary november 10 2018 at 3 55 am. Slowly move the gun across the area of the panel that you want to bend taking care not to burn the panel. Pull on the panel as you do so to make sure it is bending. Move the heat gun slowly up and down the area you want to bend.