How to Make Your Own Prototypes : How to make your own Plastic Vacuum Former

Step 2 Start Building

First, drill a bunch of little holes in the lid of the jar, spaced about 1/4 of an inch apart. Try to evenly space them in a grid pattern. This will become our "workspace."

Comments

[fxguy2000]

thanks I made a vaccum form machine myself using a box hung upside down with a heat lamp inside and a vaccum on the bottom so that I can heat the plastic and just drop it down on the form with the vaccum bed turned on. my machine is about 18' x 18" and is wired with two switches one for the heat lamp and one for the vaccum I will be taking pictures and how to make it soon ok. later

[fxguy2000]

for your step 9 you say to hit the vaccum again that is fine but I also found that if you have a wet cloth on hand you can wipe the top of the plastic in the areas that are hard to form and it will cool down the plastic at the same time the vaccum is cooling the bottom of the plastic

[sheekgeek]

great tip!