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  Topic: what kinda guage?
jschlosser

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PostForum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff   Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 8:53 pm   Subject: what kinda guage?
you rock! but of course I look at the night it expires!

wonder if it can be used online...????
  Topic: what kinda guage?
jschlosser

Replies: 10
Views: 4586

PostForum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff   Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 1:15 pm   Subject: Re: I got one of these from HF...


20% off! man I have signed up for that news letter and still have yet to ever get a coupon and I shop online and at the store too...

I tried to sign up online several times with no luck. I th ...
  Topic: what kinda guage?
jschlosser

Replies: 10
Views: 4586

PostForum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff   Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 12:06 am   Subject: Re: I got one of these from HF...
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=93547

If you score a 20% coupon (Sign up for the newsletter) that's only about $10.

They have been mighty free with the coupons ...
  Topic: what kinda guage?
jschlosser

Replies: 10
Views: 4586

PostForum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff   Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 7:36 pm   Subject: what kinda guage?
ok, so I was harbor freight and came across a car vacuum gauge that was $20.. I was like yikes. There must be something cheaper right?

What are you all using to measure the vacuum? They has psi ga ...
  Topic: How to hook up a water heater tank??
jschlosser

Replies: 10
Views: 3276

PostForum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff   Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 9:21 pm   Subject: How to hook up a water heater tank??
I'm using nichrome wire for the oven and it's pulling about 20amps. It takes me about 10 min to get the plastic heated nicely to form.. or maybe a little less if I let it heat up.

http://i204.phot ...
  Topic: How to hook up a water heater tank??
jschlosser

Replies: 10
Views: 3276

PostForum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff   Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 2:01 pm   Subject: How to hook up a water heater tank??
ok, here a few resized picts of my current setup:

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb26/j_schlosser/JSV1/IMG_6462.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb26/j_schlosser/JSV1/IMG_6472.jpg

m ...
  Topic: 2x4 Proto-form build...HERE WE GO!!!! Update 1-7-10
jschlosser

Replies: 82
Views: 88727

PostForum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff   Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 11:45 pm   Subject: 2x4 Proto-form build...HERE WE GO!!!! Update 1-7-10
very nice design!

Looks great, keep up the good work!

how much power is your oven pulling in amps?
  Topic: How to hook up a water heater tank??
jschlosser

Replies: 10
Views: 3276

PostForum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff   Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 11:44 pm   Subject: How to hook up a water heater tank??
To comment on the pump it will work but will take alittle while to vacuum the tank. May want to go on ebay and see if you can at least get a 6 cfm pump or go on Craigslist. You will be surprised what ...
  Topic: How to hook up a water heater tank??
jschlosser

Replies: 10
Views: 3276

PostForum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff   Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 7:39 pm   Subject: How to hook up a water heater tank??
thank you!

so it sounds like I just plug 3 of the 4 holes then huh?

hmm, sounds easy enough.. I can't wait to give it a try then.

that harborfreight pump should work right?

anyone have a g ...
  Topic: Vac-form Machine Gallery
jschlosser

Replies: 149
Views: 794886

PostForum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff   Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 11:51 pm   Subject: Vac-form Machine Gallery
yeah.. don't know what happened with photobucket... they don't show that way.. let me try to resize and add again.. ughghg
  Topic: Vac-form Machine Gallery
jschlosser

Replies: 149
Views: 794886

PostForum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff   Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 6:48 pm   Subject: Vac-form Machine Gallery
Hi All,

finally got picts of my vac table uploaded:

It's a 24x24 inch table with heater placed above. The plastic is raised up to the top, heated and then lowered to the heater.

Right now it ...
  Topic: How to hook up a water heater tank??
jschlosser

Replies: 10
Views: 3276

PostForum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff   Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:53 pm   Subject: How to hook up a water heater tank??
Hi,

Newbie here.. I just got a 40gallon tank from my neighbor and would like to use that instead of my current shop vac setup.

So how do you hook these tanks up safely and how much of a vaccumm ...
  Topic: Silicon Valley Vac Former
jschlosser

Replies: 1
Views: 1848

PostForum: Introduce Yourself   Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:04 pm   Subject: Silicon Valley Vac Former
Hi,

My name is John and I'm from Silcon Valley. I got my 24"x24" machine up and running all from the tk560 site.

I've started vacforming and really am enjoying it. I'll post picts ...
 
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