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by gannon » Thu Jun 03, 2004 1:45 pm
I found a great site for plastic recentley.
Here it is. The prices are great and it sells everything I can think of, it even sells plastic hinges and plastic screws.
I haven't decided whether to buy high impact polystyrene sheets or pvc sheets yet though. They sell polystyrene sheets as thin as 1/50th of an inch thick, but I think I'll use 1/16th inch thick sheets.
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by someone » Thu Jun 03, 2004 6:50 pm
Thanks a bundle good chap! (Yes, that is about the most uncool thank you)
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by cennar » Mon Jun 07, 2004 1:41 am
now that i have more room i should invest in to a vacume form table
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by gannon » Mon Jun 07, 2004 10:04 am
You could always make a small one like
this.
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by Guest » Mon Jun 07, 2004 11:02 am
i might as well go all out and make a real one
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by gannon » Mon Jun 07, 2004 11:06 am
Well, it is a real one, it just happens to be a lot more compact. It even has the same size forming area as a normal one.
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by cennar » Wed Jun 09, 2004 9:48 pm
thats a good idea any porblems compared to the other ones?
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by MR.MOD » Thu Jun 10, 2004 9:41 am
I'm making one like that. I should have it finished on next saturday. I'll tell you guys if there is anything wrong with it.
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by cennar » Sun Jun 13, 2004 11:20 pm
das good i cant wait to here from you about it
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by someone » Tue Jun 15, 2004 11:13 am
I broke 3 1/16 drill bits making friggin holes in the cookie sheet/pan/thingy.
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by Sparkfist » Tue Jun 15, 2004 5:00 pm
Sounds to me that those were either chip bits or you were doing something wrong.
I'll have to give further time to looking at whether or not I want one, cause with a drill press I should have no trouble drilling the holes in the sheet.
And whom ever finishes and tests theirs first, please tell me how it works.
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by gannon » Tue Jun 15, 2004 5:04 pm
Yeah, a drill press makes it much easier to make the holes. It makes me wish that I had a working one when I was making my vacuum form. Also, as soon as I save up $40 I'll be ordering the clay and plastic to make mine so that isn't to far away hopefully.
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by MR.MOD » Tue Jun 15, 2004 5:38 pm
I have all of the wood and parts together now I just need to make it. It will be horazontal like this one
http://members.aol.com/KMyersEFO/vacuum.htm
It won't have the plastic frame hinged because it won't spread the plastic evenly. I will be doing somthing different to it to make it portable and even smaller. I won't tell you what i'm doing yet.
I'll show you when I'm finshed. I'll make a guide and put it on my website when I'm finshed.
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by gannon » Wed Jun 16, 2004 12:29 pm
Does anyone think that 1/25" high-impact polystyrene is to thin to be stable enough for a formed case? I just want to know how thin I can make the case itself. I might go for 1/16" instead.
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by MR.MOD » Wed Jun 16, 2004 2:06 pm
I think i'm going to use 1/16 high-impact polystyrene or ABS. I think that 1/25 might be to flimsy. What size is 1/16? Is it .60 .80 or somthing else?