Free Vacuum Former Plans
Download the free google sketchup plans for a nice vacuum former design from http://www.seafax.co.uk/uploadedfiles/vac%20former.skp. Save thousands by making your own vacuum former! construction plans and parts are now available to build your own high performance vacuum forming machine. one set of plans shows you how to build a machine with your choice of size: 2 x 2 foot (.6 x .6 meters) 2 x 3 foot (.6 x .9 meters) 2 x 4 foot (.6 x 1.2 meters). Powerful vacuum forming machines hobby-vac is 5 times more powerful than a shop-vac and has a built in oven.. perfect for the serious hobbyist or small business. this homebuilt machine is based on the popular “hobby-vac pro series” production machines (now discontinued)..
Make a vacuum area of 16”x16”. carefully drill the holes with a 3/32” bit ensuring that the hole spacing is equal. buy two bits, you will probably break one. step 3. flip the top over and use the 24”+16.25” spacers to form a perimeter. cut a space for your vacuum cleaner nozzle(see step #4). carefully glue and. The vacuum system consists of a small harbor freight vacuum pump and two air compressor tanks which give a combined volume of 16 gallons. this is about the lower limit recommended in the plans, but we have seen people get away with a single 11 gallon tank so this set up should be good for the foreseeable future.. We collect plans and blueprints here (free and non-free) we collect links to build-logs, we collect links to blogposts, vlogs or other information created by people about vacuum molding if you have a question about vacuum molding, feel free to ask it..
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