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How to Make a Plastic Mallet—Using Milk Jugs and a Toaster Oven
Melting your own HDPE would probably make OSHA say Oh Sh*t
Maker Peter Brown wanted a plastic mallet, but rather than buy one, decided to make one himself—using whatever he had lying around, no plastic-handling equipment in sight. Which means, maniac that Brown is, he used a toaster oven to melt down milk jugs to get that delicious, creamy HDPE into a nice and gooey state.
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Enter a caption (optional)How did he then get the raw material into the shape he wanted, absent any molding equipment? Like this:
You've gotta admit it looks pretty decent!
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Do not inhale carcinogenic gases the plastic melt!