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What The Sheet!?

Nov 21, 2018
1 min

What The Sheet!?

Omachron Plastics Inc. are happy to announce that we are starting to offer plastic sheet. Using our proprietary technology, we are able to make sheet that conforms to tolerance requirements, can be thinner than thicknesses that are commonly offered, and can incorporate ribs and other geometrical profiles, and can be colorful! We are getting the ball rolling with ABS and Polystryene sheet, but will be adding more materials in the coming months. What would I use sheet for? - I

Making A Pie Lifter!

Nov 13, 2018
3 min

Making A Pie Lifter!

Happy Tuesday! Hands up if you’ve ever went to serve a pie or cake and ended up having to messily use a knife to serve it because you have no other utensils worthy of completing the task? We certainly have, and that’s why this project using our ABS plastic is incredibly useful – as well as fun! Have you ever wondered about the history of pies and pie cutters? No? Neither have we. Fortunately, you’re in luck and we’ve found an awesome article. that details the history of pies

Making A Portable Tic-Tac-Toe Game

Nov 6, 2018
2 min

Making A Portable Tic-Tac-Toe Game

Happy Tuesday! Board games are making a comeback as an alternative form of entertainment to digital devices such as smartphones and computers. Even a game as simple as Tic-Tac-Toe can be both captivating and fun as it encourages interactivity with your opponent. This week’s Alternative Tuesday segment from the Acutabove Woodworking channel is a project to create a magnetized game of Tic-Tac-Toe that is small and portable - allowing you to bring it along for those long (or sho

Making ABS Halloween Pins

Oct 16, 2018
2 min

Making ABS Halloween Pins

Happy Tuesday! Don’t you just love October? The leaves are changing colors, hot chocolate is back in fashion, and of course the month is rounded off with the spooky spectacle that is Halloween. This week’s Alternative Tuesday segment from the Acutabove Woodworking channel is a project to create your own personal Halloween pins out of our ABS plastic. The pins are perfect for adding that extra something to a Halloween costume! Did you know that consumers in the US spend over $

Making a Plastic Finger Joint Box

Oct 9, 2018
2 min

Making a Plastic Finger Joint Box

Happy Tuesday! We hope you all had an awesome Thanksgiving weekend! This week’s Alternative Tuesday segment from the Acutabove Woodworking channel is a project to create your own personal finger joint box. Finger joints are used as a way of interlocking items together and allow for some colorful effects. You may have noticed this practice - also referred to as comb joints or box joints – being used in situations such as the extension of floorboards in a building, or the lay

How to Melt or Reshape ABS Plastic for Repairs and for Making New Parts.

Oct 2, 2018
2 min

How to Melt or Reshape ABS Plastic for Repairs and for Making New Parts.

Happy Tuesday! This week’s Alternative Tuesday segment from the Acutabove Woodworking channel Ken does some experiments. He has been collecting the scraps of plastic left over from projects using ABS blocks and rods and wanted to see if he could reuse them by melting them into a new block. Although ABS plastic has a relatively low melting point and melts easily, care must be taken not to burn it or decompose it. Always work in a well ventilated area and wear appropriate per

An Amazing Butterfly!

Sep 25, 2018
2 min

An Amazing Butterfly!

Happy Tuesday ! This week’s Alternative Tuesday segment from the Acutabove Woodworking channel features a project An Amazing Butterfly! Our Plasti-Block™ ABS blocks are perfect for this applications because butterflies are beautiful and colorful – something they and our ABS blocks have in common! By using our colored blocks, Ken (and everyone else!) doesn’t have to worry about fading colors or poor blends, he just has to worry about doing what he does best: create. In making

Thermoplastics vs Thermosets

Sep 21, 2018
2 min

Thermoplastics vs Thermosets

Have you ever wondered why you can melt and re-shape some plastics a myriad of times, while melting other plastics will instead result in burning? Well, the cause of this is the way that the polymers within the material react when cured. Thermoplastics are composed of long polymer chains with loose entanglements that occur during the curing process. The randomly assorted molecular structure makes thermoplastics springy, flexible, and generally easy to color. This arrangement

How To Fabricate Plastic Vise Jaws!

Sep 18, 2018
2 min

How To Fabricate Plastic Vise Jaws!

Happy Tuesday ! This week’s Alternative Tuesday segment from the Acutabove Woodworking channel features a project to fabricate Vise Jaws! Every shop has an old steel vise or three. Many maker and hobby projects are held in a vise during operations such as cutting, sanding, gluing, or assembly. Sometimes the metal jaws on this vise are a bit too rough for the parts it holds causing scoring, indentations, and/or distortion. To solve this problem, a softer material than metal s

Plasti-Block™ Machining Canadian Kazoo Project on YouTube!

Sep 11, 2018
2 min

Plasti-Block™ Machining Canadian Kazoo Project on YouTube!

Good news everyone! This week’s Alternative Tuesday segment from the Acutabove Woodworking channel features a project to machine a Canadian-themed kazoo! Ken turned some of our red and white ABS blocks into something awesome! What’s a Kazoo I hear you ask? A kazoo is a musical instrument that requires the operator to hum, not blow. By humming, a "buzzing" sound is created thanks to internal vibrations - causing a rather unique sound. While the exact origins of this instrument

Joining and Gluing ABS

Aug 17, 2018
2 min

Joining and Gluing ABS

ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene) is a great choice to make prototypes, crafts, hobby or art pieces, and production parts because it is strong, easy to cut, carve, sand, finish and join. When using adhesives or other tools to work with ABS, always follow all of the use and safety instructions of the manufacturer and do not forget to use personal protective equipment to keep you safe. Working in a well ventilated area is always a good idea even with "low VOC" adhesives. A