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borderline123 Newbie
Joined: 13 Sep 2008 Posts: 16 Location: Quebec, CANADA
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 10:50 am Post subject: New guy from Canada |
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Hi there, I'm from QUEBEC, Canada and I speak french but will try to write English correctly so everyone will understand me
I'm Probably the only one here: the mean reason why I want to do vaccum forming is to make some Gauges pod for the automotive market.
I'm a car enthusiast!
The parts will be made from ABS. I tried few pull already without BIG success. I used a household oven for heating (especially dedicated for this) but don't seems to be very efficient yet. I need to build my own oven soon...
I'll keep you all updated!
_________________ Sorry if my english is bad, that's because I'm a french Canadian |
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CJanssen Expert
Joined: 17 Feb 2007 Posts: 215 Location: Beaverton OR
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 12:26 pm Post subject: |
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Hello and welcome,
there are lots of resources around here to help with those pulls. Your written English is good, quite honestly...its better than some people I know that speak English
CJ
p.s. what kind of vac table are you using? got any photos? You would be amazed at the feedback that you can get about a bad pull with just 1 pic...ok maybe a couple of pics. _________________ "What, you think your some kind of Jedi?" |
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DarthVader1 Expert
Joined: 04 Nov 2007 Posts: 193 Location: Phenix City, AL
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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Welcome to the boards, and don't worry about the accent or spelling....I am PUERTORICAN, and I'm still learning some spelling around.
The best way to learn is from YOUR OWN MISTAKES and correcting them.
General HINT for what you want in this forum: Use the SEARCH button, it could help a lot and save a lot of time...believe me. _________________ Robert
BH/TK/TB/TS 060
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Indigogyre Novice
Joined: 04 May 2006 Posts: 47
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 7:00 pm Post subject: |
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Good day, eh! From what I understand there is at least one other Canadian around these parts and someone else who is here because they also are a car enthusiast! There is a large cross section of people with various reasons of why they want a machine. Welcome and good luck with your machine.
Dean |
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jegner Site Admin
Joined: 30 May 2003 Posts: 2144 Location: Texas, USA
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Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 9:47 am Post subject: |
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Welcome to the board!
Lots of different projects going on here, not just Star Wars costumes. There's a guy making after market parts for Macs, remote control car body makers, a guy making automotive tail light assemblies, some sign makers, and lots of Imperial Armor makers.
Take some pics of your project when you get a chance. And if you have any questions, just ask!
Jim |
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borderline123 Newbie
Joined: 13 Sep 2008 Posts: 16 Location: Quebec, CANADA
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Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 11:57 am Post subject: |
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Hey thanks for compliment about my English
Here are some pictures:
this is the holding frame I recently made:
The vaccum table (16 x 16 inch):
My dedicated oven for now:
And this is my vacuum!:
And this is the original part I tried to recreate:
it gave me this:
and this is a custom one:
_________________ Sorry if my english is bad, that's because I'm a french Canadian |
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borderline123 Newbie
Joined: 13 Sep 2008 Posts: 16 Location: Quebec, CANADA
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Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 10:42 am Post subject: |
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New update:
I'm working on a oven and will soon have a vacuum pump with an air tank that can hold 29 mercury of vacuum... _________________ Sorry if my english is bad, that's because I'm a french Canadian |
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