Equipment/Custom vacuum former

Vacuum former
Model	Unknown
Sub-category	Defunct
Status	Scrapped
Consumables	Thermoplastic sheets
Accessories	Unknown
Training link	Unknown
ACnode	no
Owner	Unknown
Origin	Unknown
Location	Basement, workshop
Maintainers	Hipster

This thing shorted itself out in 2014 and no one was willing to pick up the project. It was scrapped.

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Build a vacuum former like this one to do some vacuum forming. I gather someone else has a similar plan - if you'd like to collaborate then let me know.

• Should be fairly easy to construct using laser cut parts.
• Vacuum source will be a standard vacuum cleaner.
• Heat source will be a heating element from an oven or similar.

Can then make stuff like this: