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 Topic: The I-Folds 12"x12" little Twister |
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| taurus66 Replies: 9 Views: 7306 |
 Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 7:34 am Subject: The I-Folds 12"x12" little Twister |
| Interesting little machine you have there. I like it very much.. It has given me some ideas. I managed to get two work high vacuum pumps of ebay for £51. So will need to get mine up and running now as ... | |
| Topic: What is the ideal Vacuum |
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| taurus66 Replies: 6 Views: 2936 |
Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 1:22 am Subject: What is the ideal Vacuum |
| Hi There ,
The mould you see there is cast resin with body filler to clean up any defects ie: moulding marks etc, so its as solid as you can get, with holes drilled in the corners to help with the v ... |
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| Topic: What is the ideal Vacuum |
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| taurus66 Replies: 6 Views: 2936 |
Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 2:08 am Subject: What is the ideal Vacuum |
| Hi Doug,
Thanks for your input there, it is always encouraging to hear from someone else doing similar. My mould is a side cover for a motorcycle, so fairly low, fairly broad . So hopefully whe ... |
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| Topic: What is the ideal Vacuum |
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| taurus66 Replies: 6 Views: 2936 |
Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 2:47 pm Subject: What is the ideal Vacuum |
| Nice one, thanks for the reply spektr, I just managed to buy two vacuum pumps off of fleabay for £51.00, one runner one needing a motor.
I have a tank of a Truck thats clean and in good condition, ... |
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| Topic: What is the ideal Vacuum |
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| taurus66 Replies: 6 Views: 2936 |
Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 8:00 am Subject: What is the ideal Vacuum |
| What is the ideal vacuum inhg that is required to form 4mm HIPS sheet?
I have a shop vacuum that only pulls -3 inhg and i tried a new vacuum too and got about the same. |
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| Topic: Greetings from the UK |
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| taurus66 Replies: 5 Views: 3206 |
Forum: Introduce Yourself Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 5:02 pm Subject: Greetings from the UK |
| Sorry for the long delay, been trying to perfect my vacuum former, getting it better slowly but taking some design changes everytime i work on it..
Got a good basic frame etc , but heating and vac ... |
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| Topic: oven element |
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| taurus66 Replies: 16 Views: 8142 |
Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 1:00 pm Subject: oven element |
| This indeed is true, that you make a few cock ups before you perfect your individual oven, i have just made my first , and am on the second stage of improving tyhe heating as i have found with 3mm HIP ... | |
| Topic: Metal Formers?? |
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| taurus66 Replies: 3 Views: 2186 |
Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 4:16 pm Subject: Metal Formers?? |
| Well 2 or 3mm HIPS is pretty tough to form , trust me, personal experience , but not a lot of experience...lol I just built my own table, just doing to fine tuning of the heating to get it right.
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| Topic: Hiya From England |
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| taurus66 Replies: 1 Views: 1610 |
Forum: Introduce Yourself Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 4:13 pm Subject: Hiya From England |
| Greetings , join the ever growing clubof a few uk contibutors lol | |
| Topic: Whats the ideal heating temp and time for 2.5mm and 3mm HIPS |
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| taurus66 Replies: 5 Views: 2894 |
Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 2:57 pm Subject: Whats the ideal heating temp and time for 2.5mm and 3mm HIPS |
| http://i970.photobucket.com/albums/ae181/taurus1966/th_001-2.jpg
My first attempt at a vacuum formed copy of a side cover.. Just to work out all the fine tuning to get it spot on.. |
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| Topic: New member intro and an oven question |
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| taurus66 Replies: 15 Views: 21777 |
Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 1:32 pm Subject: New member intro and an oven question |
| Just like to say... AWESOME machine there.. Nice work.. | |
| Topic: Whats the ideal heating temp and time for 2.5mm and 3mm HIPS |
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| taurus66 Replies: 5 Views: 2894 |
Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 1:28 pm Subject: Whats the ideal heating temp and time for 2.5mm and 3mm HIPS |
| Thanks for the input, i have gloss one the one side and matt on the other.. i guess for my use , the gloss to the inside will be best, matt out for painting then lol | |
| Topic: Greetings from the UK |
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| taurus66 Replies: 5 Views: 3206 |
Forum: Introduce Yourself Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 1:27 pm Subject: Greetings from the UK |
| Wiil do when i can get my frames right , not entirely happy with them at the moment.. | |
| Topic: Protoform Build UK (pic added) |
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| taurus66 Replies: 1 Views: 1947 |
Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 5:28 pm Subject: Protoform Build UK (pic added) |
| I have been making my (No plans) own machine, but i have had to source all the parts from the local tip( Old grill and switches), a metal supplier (Platen and various other bits)
There doesnt seem to ... |
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| Topic: Whatever Happened to Dr Crash (Paul)? |
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| taurus66 Replies: 2 Views: 1901 |
Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 2:42 pm Subject: Whatever Happened to Dr Crash (Paul)? |
| I see his posts everywhere there is something pertaining to vacforming.. | |
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