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missmanuella
Joined: 06 Mar 2011 Posts: 2 Location: Halifax, NS
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Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 7:38 am Post subject: Hey All |
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Just stumbled across this forum from RPF and realized there's good stuff going on and want in.
No immediate plans for building my own set up as I have access to one fairly regularly, but definitely interested in seeing how people make theirs for future reference.
Hope to see all your projects! |
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jdougn Guru
Joined: 18 Mar 2009 Posts: 714 Location: Louisville KY area
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Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 7:16 pm Post subject: |
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Hey, welcome to the forum!
What types of projects do you do and what type of machine do you have access to?
DougN _________________ DougN - Just in case you're wondering, I got my "rating" legitimately... by posting aimless drivel, useless advice, and pointless questions. |
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missmanuella
Joined: 06 Mar 2011 Posts: 2 Location: Halifax, NS
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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I make stuff for theatre productions that are needed in plastic. Ranges from masks, to heads of staffs, boarders for frames, fake shingle pieces, skulls, etc. For personal projects I have my eye on some armour pieces that I'm designing myself.
We work with a very similar system to the one in Thurston James' vacuum forming machine from the prop building book. We have a 60L (15 gallon) air compressor connected to a single large table with a smaller one on top so we can either do 3'x3' or 18"x18" pulls depending on the size of piece. It's a lovely system that I hope to replicate |
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jegner Site Admin
Joined: 30 May 2003 Posts: 2144 Location: Texas, USA
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Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 6:54 am Post subject: |
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Welcome to the board! Good to see another RPFer here! |
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bauer5152
Joined: 07 Jul 2011 Posts: 1
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Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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Hi, I am a new member of forum. Would a newcomer be warmly welcome here? Good day you guys!!! _________________ Watch Zookeeper Online Free |
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KateDaring52
Joined: 13 Jul 2011 Posts: 1
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Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 6:45 pm Post subject: |
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Hello !
I am a new member. Would a newcomer be warmly welcome here? Good day you guy ! _________________ Watch Horrible Bosses Online Free |
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crashmann Guru
Joined: 27 Sep 2005 Posts: 501
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Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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Welcome MissManuella!
My friend just finished a sail boat race to Halifax Nova Scotia. It sounds like you're doing things straight out of the Thurston James Prop Making Guide. Very cool! Would you be able to post some pictures of parts you've vacuum formed so the rest of the board can see what's possible?
Occasionally I pop into the RPF, but I find it a little too intense and crazy over there
bauer5152 and KateDaring52, newcomers interested in vacuum forming are always welcome on this board, however, spam bots with nefarious signatures are not. Jim, please ready the airlock to eject these undesirable elements.
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