Acrylic scratch build

[Turdsandwitch]

I had an idea the other week about making an acrylic case with channels routed out, in side the walls of the case to run water. it involves laminating 3 pieces of acrylic sheet together. im not sure if anyone else has attempted it, im too lazy to google.

 

i had a quick play over the weekend to see if it was going to work and it looks like it will,  but i think im going to use a solid colour for the interior and exterior pieces(3mm thick) as i wasnt happy with how the clear acrylic looked when it was glued (streaks, bubbles etc...) . ill use clear for the center piece(10mm thick)  as its cheaper than the coloured stuff and i can pretty much get it it any thickness i want.

 

 

the pic below doesnt show all the streaks and bubbles in the glue, and it was also hard to keep the glue from squeezing into the channel its self, making the coolant look "jaggered" instead of a nice clean line. using  chloroform to glue things together wasnt really an option due to the size of some of the panels. it would have been nice to see the water flowing through the walls, maybe ill explore some other options next time. 

 

anyway heres what i mocked up in sketchup. Ignore the colours, it was just easier on my eyes to have different colours.

 

heres the raw sketchup file for those of you that have it. 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/646iwgreysjukk2/FINAL.skp?dl=0

[Lolzious]

Pretty cool :0

[slightlyjaded]

Nice idea, anyone make clear plumber's cement? (I'm assuming it'd work on acrylic as well as pvc.)

[Kermit]

great concept

 

 

now make it happen!

[TechFnatic]

Keep us posted

[ltguy]

why do you want to scratch acrylic?? what did it ever do to you?

[Mushious]

Nice idea, anyone make clear plumber's cement? (I'm assuming it'd work on acrylic as well as pvc.)

 

Check the label to see if it does work first. I tried not long ago with some generic pvc cement and it was a no-go.

[Turdsandwitch]

Check the label to see if it does work first. I tried not long ago with some generic pvc cement and it was a no-go.

ive got some proper glue, its not as good as the chloroform stuff, but it sets up pretty good and reasonably quickly, its only to laminate the sheets together anyway.

 

[Mushious]

ive got some proper glue, its not as good as the chloroform stuff, but it sets up pretty good and reasonably quickly, its only to laminate the sheets together anyway.

 

 

If it's anything like the stuff I ended up using, I'm sure it'll be hell to get out of the tube. Have fun