Wow, noob here. What the heck is vaccuum forming?! Help!

[Crowley]

I've been searching and it seems like vaccuum forming is the way to go. I've read the tutorials, but some of the recomended tutorials are down. I don't even know what vaccuum forming means! Can anyone fill me in?

[Lucretius]

Here are some links on vacuum forming:
http://www.halloweenfear.com/vacuumformintro.html
http://www.hhhh.org/~joeboy/resources/v ... table.html
http://members.aol.com/KMyersEFO/vacuum.htm
http://www.studiocreations.com/howto/va ... index.html

Those are all working links^

Basically, it means that you have a cast of your portable and using a vaccum (lack of air), you press a piece of plastic against it forim it's shape.

[Crowley]

Ooooh a couple more questions.

1) Should I use clay to form the plastic around?
2) If I'm using 2 pieces of plastic to make the case/cast (well, duh...), how should I hold the two together?

[marshallh]

1) Should I use clay to form the plastic around?

Yes, if you think that your clay is strong enough so it won't bend while being casted.
If your clay is thin and will deform, then you'll need to make a plaster cast of it.

2) If I'm using 2 pieces of plastic to make the case/cast (well, duh...), how should I hold the two together?

I'd get some JB Weld or superglue and attach screwposts to the front, so you can screw it together.