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I needed a 3ft by 2ft vacuum chamber for my larger blaster so made my own from 3/4 MDF.

I used silicone to seal all the edges and then screwed them together. The lid was made with a lip system (l ...

I might have to pick your brains about the oven mate. I'm wanting to make one like yours with the over head heater so if you get the time, could you fill me in on the details please?

Of cours ...

dude, NICE!

what are the coils, nichrome, or something else? if it were nichrome, you outght to stretch them out MUCH more. or if it something else....

just curious! Smile

I used Nichrome wire ...

I'm not sure Andrew can make his mind up.

I've met him a number of times now and had a few long conversations with him about his armour and the production of the originals. Apparently he was only a ...

I'm guessing that by "silica" you mean Cab-O-Sil type fumed silica thixotropic filler (not fine sand as a structural filler...) ?

Yes, I use it since it stops exceptional heat when th ...

I use fibreglass moulds for my forming. Rather than just use resin, though, I mix polyester resin and silica together and then rotocast that into the mould first to create an outer skin. Once it's dri ...

Thanks.

Unfortunately, I don't think items in the UK are as cheap or as easily available as they are in the U.S. When I first started building I read how a lot of guys over the pond had built one f ...

It is a clone armour chest Very Happy

I've been working on the molds for what feels like forever, I'm eventually getting round to pulling myself a suit now.

Jim asked if I would post some photo's of my vac former in the introduction thread, so here they are. It's by no means a professionally built rig, in fact, it's quite the opposite.

It was really j ...

Hi everyone, just thought I'd introduce myself.

I'm Rick from the U.K. I've been lurking on the forum for a few months and gained a lot of information about forming from reading the posts. My curre ...