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 Subject:  Re:Vac former picture1List thread.  
  
 Date:  Feb 25, 2007
 From:  Paul Cunningham 
Hi Gang,
Here's my TOP SECRET Vaccume former. I threw it together about 8 years ago on a whim to see if It would work, Guess what? this thing could suck the perverbial golf ball through the garden hose. It's a 8"x 8"x 10" wood box made from 1/2" particle board. On one end is a hole that will fit your household vaccume and on top is a 3"x 5" hole cut for the platform. I cut 3 notches about evenly spaced apart down the 5" lenght of the opening on either side and glued in 1/8"x 3/8" strips of plywood,(basswood will work too) for supports for the window screening. (see picture)I also added a strip down the middle the other way for extra support. the screen was cut oversize and simply Duct taped (handy mans secret weapon) to the top.
You need enough space for the plastic to wrap around the piece being copied,so i took strips of 1" pink foam board and wrapped the top. This is what the frame holding the soft plastic will press against allowing the plastic to be sucked down and wrap around the master part.
the frame is simply 2 pieces of 1/8" hardboard (Masonite), cut a little bigger than the top of the box (for holding) with a hole cut in the middle for the plastic.(Again see Pictures)
 
Thread Listing 
  [BLOG] Scratch-building an Sd.Kfz.61 Radio Truck - Paul Cunningham - Jan 27, 2007
. . . [Chapter] M206 Sd.Kfz.61 Drawings - Paul Cunningham - Jan 27, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] M206 Sd.Kfz.61 Drawings - John Kesner - Jan 31, 2007
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] M206 Sd.Kfz.61 Drawings - Paul Cunningham - Jan 31, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] M206 Sd.Kfz.61 Drawings - John Kesner - Feb 3, 2007
. . . . . . Photo of actual truck [IMG] - Paul Cunningham - Feb 23, 2007
. . . [Chapter] Wood Masters for Vacuum Forming - Paul Cunningham - Feb 23, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Wood Masters for Vacuum Forming - Paul A. Owen - Feb 24, 2007
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Wood Masters for Vacuum Forming - Paul Cunningham - Feb 24, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Wood Masters for Vacuum Forming - John Yarosh - Feb 24, 2007
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Wood Masters for Vacuum Forming - Paul Cunningham - Feb 24, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Wood Masters for Vacuum Forming - John Yarosh - Feb 24, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re:Vac former picture1 [IMG] - Paul Cunningham - Feb 25, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Vac former picture2 [IMG] - Paul Cunningham - Feb 25, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Vac former picture3 [IMG] - Paul Cunningham - Feb 25, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Vac former picture [IMG] - Paul Cunningham - Feb 25, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Vac former picture - John Yarosh - Feb 25, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Vac former picture - Paul Cunningham - Feb 26, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Vac former picture - John Yarosh - Feb 26, 2007
. . . [Chapter] Scribing the Side Panels - Paul Cunningham - Mar 8, 2007
. . . Re: [BLOG] Scratch-building an Sd.Kfz.61 Radio Truck [IMG] - Paul Cunningham - Mar 17, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [BLOG] Scratch-building an Sd.Kfz.61 Radio Truck [IMG] - Paul Cunningham - Mar 17, 2007
. . . . . . . . . Re: [BLOG] Scratch-building an Sd.Kfz.61 Radio Truck - John Yarosh - Mar 17, 2007
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [BLOG] Scratch-building an Sd.Kfz.61 Radio Truck - Paul Cunningham - Mar 17, 2007
. . . [Chapter] Roof - Paul Cunningham - Apr 15, 2007
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Roof - John Yarosh - Apr 15, 2007
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Roof - Detlef Sanchez - May 30, 2007
. . . . . . Roof - photo of a real roof [IMG] - Paul Cunningham - Jan 13, 2008
. . . . . . Roof - underside [IMG] - Paul Cunningham - Jan 13, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Glad to see you back - John Yarosh - Jan 13, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Glad to see you back - Paul Cunningham - Jan 13, 2008
. . . [Chapter] Frame Antenna and Roof Rack - Paul Cunningham - Jan 13, 2008
. . . [Chapter] The Frame - Paul Cunningham - Apr 1, 2008
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