STEP 2: Pumping iron – bending styrene
Continued ...
7. I dipped the beam into the boiling water for
about a minute, then pulled the loose side around
the template to bring the beam into shape until it
cooled.
7
After several disappointing attempts with my wife’s
hair dryer – the hair dryer finally quit its func-
tion and the styrene arch flipped back to almost a
straight – I was on the lookout for something reli-
able. I tried water – simple boiling water – and it
worked. So I put aside the test strip and grabbed
the real beam.
Turntable bridge - 5
MRH-Sep 2014
