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Making An Egg Cup!

Nov 20, 2018
2 min

Making An Egg Cup!

Happy Tuesday! If you’ve read at the title of this article and are eggspecting a ton of egg puns, you’d be absolutely right. This week’s Alternative Tuesday segment from the Acutabove Woodworking channel is to create – yes, you’ve guessed it – an egg cup made out of ABS. The purpose of an egg cup is to hold a boiled egg, so that you don’t have to. A very simple, yet effective design – the egg cup is a great addition to any kitchen. It’s time to get egg static! Egg cups were –

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

ABS Christmas Ornaments

Oct 30, 2018
2 min

ABS Christmas Ornaments

It’s the end of October. The leaves are falling. There’s a chill in the air. All this can mean only one thing… Christmas is coming! For those of you that don’t want to think about Christmas until the day of (or at all!), bookmark this video and come back when the time is right. For the rest of you who want to get in the Christmas spirit sooner rather than later, this video is perfect for you. In this episode of the weekly ‘Alternative Tuesday’ segment, Ken uses our 2” ABS r

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

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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