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Topic: My Vac Former... |
vacman
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Views: 6551
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Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 8:04 pm Subject: My Vac Former... |
Looks very cool. How much did the whole thing cost you and what part did you find the most difficult to construct? |
Topic: My Vacuum Forming "Machine" |
vacman
Replies: 18
Views: 8708
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Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 7:33 pm Subject: My Vacuum Forming "Machine" |
Okay, I finally got around to doing a pull.
I used .06 thickness PETG.
I made some modifications to my 'oven', I added a digital meat thermometer and I added some tin foil to deflect the heat ... |
Topic: I found a good price on .060 PETG sheets |
vacman
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Views: 1601
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Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 4:39 pm Subject: I found a good price on .060 PETG sheets |
I have finally ordered up some PETG sheets to do my first pulls with.
I ordered up some .060 thickness PETG sheets from:
http://www.plasticworld.ca/index.asp?pid=5
I paid $34 Canadian (about $3 ... |
Topic: maskmaking pix (life- & buck casting w/alginate) |
vacman
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Views: 38958
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Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 2:58 pm Subject: maskmaking pix (life- & buck casting w/alginate) |
Dr. Crash,
Where did you buy your craft foam? The biggest sizes I can find online is 12"x18", do you know if it is available in larger sizes, perhaps 24"x24"?
Thanks. |
Topic: My Vacuum Forming "Machine" |
vacman
Replies: 18
Views: 8708
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Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Sat May 26, 2007 12:30 am Subject: My Vacuum Forming "Machine" |
Thanks for the tip. Hopefully all will go well. I still need to actually buys some material to try to do a pull. Hopefully by middle of next week I'll have a supplier and by the week after I'll have d ... |
Topic: My Vacuum Forming "Machine" |
vacman
Replies: 18
Views: 8708
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Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 2:50 pm Subject: My Vacuum Forming "Machine" |
I'm using mine for PETG, and I've read that the forming temp is between 90-120 degrees Celsius. The max setting on my grittles is 220 degrees Celsius. So I don't think there would be much of a problem ... |
Topic: My Vacuum Forming "Machine" |
vacman
Replies: 18
Views: 8708
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Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 10:55 am Subject: My Vacuum Forming "Machine" |
I tested them out before I took them apart. Once the surface heats up it gives off heat evenly on the entire surface. Another nice thing about them is that they have actual temperature settings not ju ... |
Topic: My Vacuum Forming "Machine" |
vacman
Replies: 18
Views: 8708
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Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 12:49 am Subject: My Vacuum Forming "Machine" |
Here's what I made... Please note that I'm a university student majoring in business... I have NEVER built anything before. My hobby is bodybuilding, but I am starting another online business and this ... |
Topic: Styrene thickness required to achieve desired end thickness. |
vacman
Replies: 9
Views: 3971
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Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 1:24 pm Subject: Styrene thickness required to achieve desired end thickness. |
I was looking at Vivak branded PETG, supposedly it is made ideally for vacuum forming. Do you guys have experience with Vivak? Is there a noticeable difference between it and regular PETG?
Thanks. |
Topic: Styrene thickness required to achieve desired end thickness. |
vacman
Replies: 9
Views: 3971
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Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 4:54 pm Subject: Styrene thickness required to achieve desired end thickness. |
PETG is what I was thinking off not Styrene, sorry.
For some reason I thought they were the same, until my last google search 2 minutes ago.
How does PETG compare to Styrene cost wise? and dura ... |
Topic: Styrene thickness required to achieve desired end thickness. |
vacman
Replies: 9
Views: 3971
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Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 4:37 pm Subject: Styrene thickness required to achieve desired end thickness. |
Thank you for the reply.
I guess I will order a few different thicknesses and see which ones will work best for what I need, but at least now I know a thickness range to play with.
I found a few ... |
Topic: Styrene thickness required to achieve desired end thickness. |
vacman
Replies: 9
Views: 3971
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Forum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 10:58 pm Subject: Styrene thickness required to achieve desired end thickness. |
Hi, I'm new to vacuum forming as I am sure many here are. I am in the process of finishing up my first machine. The machine I made has a 20x20 inch forming surface.
Here is what I'm trying to do:
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Topic: Hello, my name is Pete |
vacman
Replies: 2
Views: 2367
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Forum: Introduce Yourself Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 10:13 pm Subject: Hello, my name is Pete |
Hi, my name is Pete, I'm from Canada. I have just built my first vacuum forming rig (well, almost finished building it...), I'm looking forward to learning more about 'home' vacuum forming here at TK6 ... |
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