DIY replacement screen

[A100man]

Anyone tried making/moulding some perspex/acrylic sheet for a fairing screen?

Evidently you can heat it up ina warm oven and lay it on a suitable radius or even the old screen..

.. thought it might be fun to try bfore splashing out 80 quid for a 'proper' one.
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Now: A100, GT250A, XJ598, FZ750

Then: Fizz, RS200, KL250, XJ550, Laverda Alpina, XJ600, FZS600

[WD Forte]

Yes I has done dat

I wanted to put a curve on a flat sheet I'd shaped into summat screen-ish shaped and found after a few fuck ups a few things to note.
Making a jig helps
This can be as simple as a flat sheet of ply with two battens
that you bend and insert your flat screen between to hold the screen at the radius you want, then heating it until it holds that shape

The temps are pretty important and a bit tricky.
too cold and it will just spring back when released
too hot or too much heat on a localised area will cause it go all wobbly
or even blister in places.

My screen was too big for a household oven so I made 'chamber' from a cardboard box and used a fan heater and hot air gun to get it to the
required 'softish but not melty' temps which I cant recall right now

If hot enough, it will easily get 'impressed' by what ever you lay it on
or touch it with so be aware
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[A100man]

HI WD

Ta.

I think 175C seems popular I may be bang outta luck though as I have a gas oven! Never mind I can surely find one.. also I'm thinking that the screen has such a shallow curve it may not need permanently forming if 3mm used.

OTH maybe that will cause stress and cracking
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Now: A100, GT250A, XJ598, FZ750

Then: Fizz, RS200, KL250, XJ550, Laverda Alpina, XJ600, FZS600

[Pete.]

Piece of cake. Make a mould or if you're using an old screen put it in a shallow box with expanding foam behind it so your heat doesn't cause both to sag. Get your sheet of acrylic and heat it as evenly as you can then drape it over the old screen until it sags into that shape and wait for it to cool. I'd use an infra-red heater but you could use a paint stripper gun and keep it moving. If you cook it too much it'll get bubbles in it so make sure you have spare material.

Oh, and wear gloves coz it burns like hot jam.
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[A100man]