Dustin Crops Boy
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My cheap (like around $15) mini-vacuum table I made in like 3 hours... and it works great. </div>
I needed some small rounded clear plastic disks for a costume I'm doing and I couldn't find them anywhere - so I decided to make a mini-vac table and make my own... And since it worked out quite easily and was very cheap - I thought I'd show ya'll
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•1"x.5" wood (a couple bucks)
•1.5" x 1.75" wood (a couple bucks)
•plywood (a couple bucks)
•small shop vac (I had one and so should YOU.)
•toaster oven (thrift 'em for like $5 - or get a cheapy one from Target for $25)
•aluminum "L" rail (a couple bucks too)
•some hinges... (guess how much.. a couple bucks...)
•screws, nails n' glue (you should have those too, right?)
•styrene sheets. I get mine from Iasco - since they're only a few miles away from me. They had the exact size I needed (7x10)... they ship, but you may find a local supplier.
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Simple box made from 1.5" x 1.75" wood frame and plywood bottom and top. The dimensions of the box are 8"X10". The smaller plywood on top is just under 6"X8". I drilled holes in the top surface every 1/2 inch.
A hole is drilled in the side just big enough for the vacuum hose to fit in snugly. I glued and nailed each piece together and put glue around the gaps to make it air tight.
The 2 frames are made from 1" x .5" wood and hinged together on one side. I put another hinge on the other side but only screwed it to one frame. The other frame has small nails in it that I can latch the holes of the other side of the hinge over to lock the frames shut.
I riveted some aluminum rails to the inside of the toaster oven to hold the wood frame.
Placing a buck on the vac table.
A piece of styrene is placed between the 2 frames, locked shut and placed into the oven.
Heating the plastic until it starts to droop down - be sure to take it out before it sags too much that it touches the bottom of the oven and starts a fire -whee..
Plop the hot plastic and frame over yer vac table/buck with your vacuum hose in the hole and the vacuum on. Press down on the frame with your hands to get a good tight suck.
All done.
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My cheap (like around $15) mini-vacuum table I made in like 3 hours... and it works great. </div>
I needed some small rounded clear plastic disks for a costume I'm doing and I couldn't find them anywhere - so I decided to make a mini-vac table and make my own... And since it worked out quite easily and was very cheap - I thought I'd show ya'll
<div align="center">Supplies I used:</div>
•1"x.5" wood (a couple bucks)
•1.5" x 1.75" wood (a couple bucks)
•plywood (a couple bucks)
•small shop vac (I had one and so should YOU.)
•toaster oven (thrift 'em for like $5 - or get a cheapy one from Target for $25)
•aluminum "L" rail (a couple bucks too)
•some hinges... (guess how much.. a couple bucks...)
•screws, nails n' glue (you should have those too, right?)
•styrene sheets. I get mine from Iasco - since they're only a few miles away from me. They had the exact size I needed (7x10)... they ship, but you may find a local supplier.
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Simple box made from 1.5" x 1.75" wood frame and plywood bottom and top. The dimensions of the box are 8"X10". The smaller plywood on top is just under 6"X8". I drilled holes in the top surface every 1/2 inch.
A hole is drilled in the side just big enough for the vacuum hose to fit in snugly. I glued and nailed each piece together and put glue around the gaps to make it air tight.
The 2 frames are made from 1" x .5" wood and hinged together on one side. I put another hinge on the other side but only screwed it to one frame. The other frame has small nails in it that I can latch the holes of the other side of the hinge over to lock the frames shut.
I riveted some aluminum rails to the inside of the toaster oven to hold the wood frame.
Placing a buck on the vac table.
A piece of styrene is placed between the 2 frames, locked shut and placed into the oven.
Heating the plastic until it starts to droop down - be sure to take it out before it sags too much that it touches the bottom of the oven and starts a fire -whee..
Plop the hot plastic and frame over yer vac table/buck with your vacuum hose in the hole and the vacuum on. Press down on the frame with your hands to get a good tight suck.
All done.
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