W Crow
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Hey guys, I've been planing on building a vacuum former and i could use some advice. What i have in mind is something similar to what XRobots made and showed in his video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maH5Ech0wK8 and on his website http://www.xrobots.co.uk/vacuumtable/vacuum05/.
Now i have two questions about his setup:
1) can i use a vacuum surface with a larger internal volume? At the start of the video he shows the vacuum surface to be very thin. I can imagine how this would be a benefit but i wonder if it's strictly necessary. My thought is that i could get away with a vacuum surface made from peg board https://www.lowes.com/pd/Hardboard-Pegboard-Actual-47-75-in-x-95-75-in/3014321 and the rest of the frame made of particle board with a larger internal volume using a shop vac for suction.
2) Where can i get good thermo plastic from? What i'm looking for specifically is HIPS or ABS in a thickness around 2mm. I've manged to find a few places that sell what i'm looking for but not in the size i want ( the size i want being 15 to 25 cm squared).
Any advice on this project would be welcomed.
Thanks
Now i have two questions about his setup:
1) can i use a vacuum surface with a larger internal volume? At the start of the video he shows the vacuum surface to be very thin. I can imagine how this would be a benefit but i wonder if it's strictly necessary. My thought is that i could get away with a vacuum surface made from peg board https://www.lowes.com/pd/Hardboard-Pegboard-Actual-47-75-in-x-95-75-in/3014321 and the rest of the frame made of particle board with a larger internal volume using a shop vac for suction.
2) Where can i get good thermo plastic from? What i'm looking for specifically is HIPS or ABS in a thickness around 2mm. I've manged to find a few places that sell what i'm looking for but not in the size i want ( the size i want being 15 to 25 cm squared).
Any advice on this project would be welcomed.
Thanks