JHOLLAND1
Titanium
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- Oct 8, 2005
- Location
- western washington state
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Corian hydroforming
- Thread starter JHOLLAND1
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SteveBausch
Stainless
- Joined
- Jan 11, 2010
- Location
- Indianapolis
Corian is a filled acrylic; can't be hydroformed.
screensnot
Hot Rolled
- Joined
- Jul 24, 2005
- Location
- SE Michigan, USA
Which is why they were using it as a die to form metal, and not trying to form the Corian itself.
You might have to watch the video to understand.
mixdenny
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Feb 5, 2005
- Location
- North Olmsted, Ohio
It is, however, thermoplastic and easily formed. When I built my counter tops from Corian in 1989 you could still request all the necessary handbooks from DuPont (now you have to be a certified installer). I have a semi circular recess in one wall, and my custom range hood (a 30" diameter stainless steel hemisphere) is partially recessed into the wall.
I made a form for the back splash and heated it in the oven and draped it into the mold to form it. Then seamlessly joined it to the straight sections. The range hood is a inner pressure liner from a Centaur rocket nitrogen tank. Two halves were welded together and spun with fiberglass for strength.
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