Plastic fold over pocket name badges ?

[Kasey Maxwell]

I have a client that needs plastic fold over pocket name badges like in the photo, anyone know where to get them for the best price ?

Thanks

[Rodne Gold]

You can make them outa rowmark material , its a great way to explore acrylic and plastic bending.

[Brian Terry]

B.F. Plastics has self adhesive clips that attatach to rowmark or the like. These clips are bent plastic that clip to the pocket.

[Scott Shepherd]

Johnson Plastics sell them, but you have to buy 25 or more.

[Kasey Maxwell]

what would be the best method to fold the rowmark over ? I was thinking a metal rod and heat the rod up with a heat gun ? Johnson's plastics web site is a mess, I have a very hard time finding anything there.

Thanks

[Rodne Gold]

Buy a cheap strip heater , use your laser to score a line where the bend is , and bend on the line.
You can get one for less than $50 or make one , just google home made plastick strip heater (or wire heater)
http://www.delviesplastics.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=DPI&Category_Code=Plastic_Strip_Heaters
Alternatively , you can use a heat gun to heat it up where the bend will be and just fold it over..a strip bender will be MUCH better than this way as with a heat gun you have little control)

[Mark Sipes]

"Johnson's plastics web site is a mess, I have a very hard time finding anything there."

Boy you are correct. They appear to be more positioned for information on processes. But if you go to the on-line catalogs you can see all the products. Page 91 of the Engraving Catalog you will find pocket clips with prices.

JDS has them also,

[Bill Cunningham]

what would be the best method to fold the rowmark over ? I was thinking a metal rod and heat the rod up with a heat gun ? Johnson's plastics web site is a mess, I have a very hard time finding anything there.

Thanks

I use a fine point butane torch (Ronson will work well) you can draw a line along the bend point with a sharpie, then heat along the line. You'll know when it's ready, then just fold it over. If you don't do tons of them, It's pretty quick, and a LOT less money than a strip heater.

[Matt Turner (physics)]

I've heard that you can make a nice bend by using multiple (~40) quick out-of-focus passes with the laser to heat the material along where you want the bend to be.

[Rodne Gold]

By the time you have heated the plastic with a laser (you would have to do the reverse side otherwise it will show badly) and taken it off the machine , it will most likely have cooled too much .Its easier with a heat gun / strip bender or torch method.
Once you start plastic/acrylic bending and gluing , you will open your market up to a LOT more stuff , We built our own wire benders and they an indespensible part of our operation. It's a real cheap way to do a lot more than just lasering.....
Here's an example of what you can do with just a bender...

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