FINALLY SIMPLE VACUUM FORMING AT HOME! I form small parts in real time from thin styrene. All you need is a shop-vac, heat gun(s) or oven and a tool (the part you want to replicate in plastic sheet). I made all of it from scratch plus drilled the tools and had 1 sample of .060, .040, and .030 to trim out in just over a few hrs. If you have an oven, it's able to conquer larger parts and considerable thickness, provided enough holes are drilled. For home forming 1/16 plastic parts need 1/16" holes, 1/8 plastic 1/8 holes IF you must go that large. Start small so you don't see the holes after forming.
In this video I used .030 Styrene so its tiny holes only or they start to look bad fast. Holes were .040 and drilled with 4 sided (long pointed on bench grinder) piano wire. Way faster than drill bits and almost free to make.
27 авг 2024