Vacuum Forming Sheet Guide

[Lukea]

Hi

I am building a vacuum forming table and am a bit overwhelmed with all the 'poly' this and 'poly' that names for stuff. I need to order large sheets of the stuff and don't want to order the wrong thing. Is there a guide or place to read up on this? I tried searching the forum but ended up jumping from one thread to the next where words are used interchangeably and inconsistently.

Thanks

 

[KLINGONSNIPER]

This artical might help, it's from Starship modeler...

Starship Modeler - Basics of Vacuforming

 

[joewhite]

Polystyrene or styrene for short....you can't go wrong with it for vac forming.

High Impact Styrene Sheet | U.S. Plastic Corp.

Joe