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Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 7:32 pm Subject: ... |
I havent cast my mold yet, I just now got it ordered. My first order of PETG was made by makolon, but after some research I think vivak is a better choice, they say this is available in transparent co ... |
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Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 4:41 pm Subject: ... |
Yea I used small river rocks, thanks for all the great info. I should be getting in my new switch any day now, I'm ready to get that petg another try, that's what everybody is asking for.does anybody ... |
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Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 1:02 pm Subject: ... |
I finally got to order my bc8009, it will hold only 5 gallons. I had to make a bigger piece to go into my mold as a backfill, the first one didn't take up enough room, it was going to hold 7 gallon. I ... |
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Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 8:42 am Subject: ... |
Well, I got ahold of Scott and he gave me some every good information. I'm very thankful for all this great advise, there is know way I could have accomplished this project with out the great leaders ... |
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Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 9:48 pm Subject: ... |
I did form a piece of acrylic with perfect results, but when I tried to pull the form off it cracked along the bottom. The center section of my oven is wide open right now, last week one of my switche ... |
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Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 12:01 pm Subject: ... |
Do you have to preheat PETG, I tried a piece with hundred of small bubbles. |
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Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 6:55 pm Subject: ... |
Man I tried a sheet of petg, and man what a big difference form hips. I can heat hips for about 2 min, I let that petg sit in there for about 7 min and still not real soft in the corners. |
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Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 12:23 pm Subject: ... |
It's very close, just didn't form properly on the front grill area. This is the piece that sucked the hole and lost some of it's shape. I sent this photo to some dealers and they are very interested, ... |
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Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 10:10 pm Subject: ... |
Yes the mdf board is on my list for tomorrow. I'm going to fill the undercut with the board and a base with a bevel.
http://i1122.photobucket.com/albums/l531/MDR38/1328657826.jpg?t=1328657828
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Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 5:00 pm Subject: ... |
Ok, the electrician didn't fix the controller correct, it's on or off, I guess I'll order another one. I fired the machine up again, to try one more piece, I added a small piece under the mold to try ... |
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Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 4:25 pm Subject: ... |
Ok, I had my electrician come over, we ran a few test and found that the center bakatronic switch was bad, he does work on switch boards, so he soldered the switch back together. I did have just the t ... |
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Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 1:48 pm Subject: ... |
http://emob1122.photobucket.com/albums/l531/MDR38/1328630378.jpg?t=1328630379
Ok hear is the pic of the hole at the base of the platen right under the mold. If I had a problem with the connection to ... |
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Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 11:25 am Subject: ... |
Ok, I raised the platen up 1" and everything was looking real good until POP!
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I was using the plastic that didn't form the firs ... |
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Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 8:38 am Subject: ... |
Ok, Thanks for the suggestions The size is 2x4 .60 hips. The first attempt I didn't let the plastic sag much at all, and didn't get the carri ... |
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Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:16 pm Subject: ... |
I finally tried the machine out and it went real good until I got to the forming part.
http://i1122.photobucket.com/albums/l531/MDR38/1328583476.jpg
I tried three times with the same result. I fir ... |
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