Vacuum form machine

Simple and effective

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      Notes on digital drawing
      Notes on 2D cutting
      Notes on electronics production
      Notes on 3D scanning and printing
      Notes on electronics design
      Notes on molding and casting
      Notes on embedded programming
      Notes on computer controlled cutting
      Notes on input devices
      Notes on composites
      Notes on interface programming
      Notes on output devices
      Notes on networking and communications
      Notes on machine design
      Notes on the final project
      Final Presentation Notes on Invention, Intellectual property and Business model
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    Online Sources

    Volpin Props' Harrison Krix is my main prop building inspiration. This guy makes beautiful props. BUT he also made a vacuum form machine.

    While I was searching for industry standard sizes in plastic sheets I came acros many sites that sell many different sizes in styrene sheets. For example: kunststofshop.nl This is a good resource for bigger sheets of styrene, acrylic, PVC and more. Sheets start at 500x500mm and have a variety of ticknesses.

    For smaller sheets I found modelbouwshopnederland.nl Smaller sheets are better for high detail objects and miniatures.

    Of course there is also plastic modelkit standard sheets by Evergreenscalemodels.com which has sizes in inches. 6" x 12" is what they have most. (152,4mm x 304,8)

    Build-stuff.com has very nice ready to go plans for a vacuumformer. It's quite an industrial machine considering it's all metal and steel.

    Offline sources

    This is where I might post my offline sources