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  Topic: Stainless Steel Oven Box
Mattax

Replies: 47
Views: 27762

PostForum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff   Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 9:08 pm   Subject: Stainless Steel Oven Box
Opened up the walls and installed the electrical wires and outlets and tied it into the panel box. Put it all back together and reinstalled the wall with 4 new outlets - oven, vac pump and two control ...
  Topic: Stainless Steel Oven Box
Mattax

Replies: 47
Views: 27762

PostForum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff   Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 10:46 pm   Subject: Stainless Steel Oven Box
Hi Dale.

Thank you for the comments!

I will be buying custom sized plastic to fit within the plastic holding frame which should be something along 27x27 inches.

At least that is what the busi ...
  Topic: Stainless Steel Oven Box
Mattax

Replies: 47
Views: 27762

PostForum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff   Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 10:50 pm   Subject: Stainless Steel Oven Box
Bumping this thread as I am actually getting back to building the table.

Wow, it's been over 6 years since I started and I feel like I am only halfway there. Crying or Very sad

I will have to have the sta ...
  Topic: My 2 x 3 Vacuum Former
Mattax

Replies: 58
Views: 51006

PostForum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff   Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 1:56 am   Subject: My 2 x 3 Vacuum Former
Looks like my table frame the day before yesterday. It acted as a catch all. Now it is moved to a new location and will start building it to finish - again. Good luck. Keep motivated!
  Topic: Over/under table and oven design
Mattax

Replies: 33
Views: 21414

PostForum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff   Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 1:39 am   Subject: Over/under table and oven design
Reviving my old thread.

I finally dusted off my vac table parts and moved them to another shed which has more open space and better insulated.

I re-read the posts and realized that I may be bett ...
  Topic: Voltage question.
Mattax

Replies: 12
Views: 5114

PostForum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff   Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 2:22 am   Subject: Voltage question.
Anything with an electric coil for heat - for example a heat gun, hair dryer, electric furnace, electric water heater - a motor - for example a refrigerator, a vacuum pump, vacuum cleaner, exhaust fan ...
  Topic: Voltage question.
Mattax

Replies: 12
Views: 5114

PostForum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff   Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 4:54 pm   Subject: Voltage question.
A shocking story for your enjoyment...

Back around 1992 I was an electrician's apprentice in California. My supervisor was taking a small cover off of a fantastically huge (we're talking 40 to 50 f ...
  Topic: WATTAGE of your nichrome oven?
Mattax

Replies: 5
Views: 3115

PostForum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff   Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 4:43 pm   Subject: WATTAGE of your nichrome oven?
At 240 Volts it would pull 10 amps.

Not sure how your power company rates pricing but where I live it would cut the cost in half as power here is read off of the highest leg.
  Topic: Over/under table and oven design
Mattax

Replies: 33
Views: 21414

PostForum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff   Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 2:57 pm   Subject: Over/under table and oven design
Well, I am dusting off the spare parts and getting back to putting this machine together.

I will be ordering the niachrome wiring and standoffs tomorrow for starters and am looking at strip heaters ...
  Topic: Over/under table and oven design
Mattax

Replies: 33
Views: 21414

PostForum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff   Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 12:09 pm   Subject: Over/under table and oven design


You'd be surprised at how fast metal will oxidize. The original lower half of the platen chamber was carbon steel and it rusted a lot of its surface in the 2 years it sat in my shed. I had a new o ...
  Topic: Over/under table and oven design
Mattax

Replies: 33
Views: 21414

PostForum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff   Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 11:05 am   Subject: Over/under table and oven design


The differences off hand are that the aluminum is lighter in weight and is anodized to prevent oxidation.

huh . are planning on moving it around a lot for the next couple centuries ? Wink

that ...
  Topic: Over/under table and oven design
Mattax

Replies: 33
Views: 21414

PostForum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff   Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 12:27 am   Subject: Over/under table and oven design
that 80/20 looks like a lot of fun to work with - very aesthetically satisfying. How does it compare in price to slotted steel found in most hardware stores ? (which is almost as modular and adjustabl ...
  Topic: Over/under table and oven design
Mattax

Replies: 33
Views: 21414

PostForum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff   Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 2:35 pm   Subject: Over/under table and oven design
This is what I used http://www.globalindustrial.com/images/picgroup/30018704.jpg

This get you all of the oven sides, frame, and and cart all for $200. With no fabrication. For the oven top I use a ...
  Topic: Over/under table and oven design
Mattax

Replies: 33
Views: 21414

PostForum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff   Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 2:32 pm   Subject: Over/under table and oven design
The first thing on your to do list should be to drain your pump. The oil is really dirty or it's the wrong oil. Both conditions are bad news for the pump. Unless the E2-M28 takes a special pump oil, y ...
  Topic: Over/under table and oven design
Mattax

Replies: 33
Views: 21414

PostForum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff   Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 10:26 pm   Subject: Over/under table and oven design
Since my stainless steel oven box with mounts is already made and the plastic holding frames are here, I am going to use strip heaters on the top frame to ensure that it is heated up to prevent the co ...
 
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