Adam Savage's Favorite Tools: Great Budget Vacuum Former!

Budget Dental Vacuum Former: amzn.to/3uYd3Ez .03" Styrene sheets: amzn.to/3pwUQwH You can watch Adam demo this Vacuum Former in VR with Oculus TV! www.oculus.com/experiences/media/802834256715296/3… More about Adam's old vacuum former: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsXLGT5N2uo

Thanks for featuring this… I have a couple projects for which this will be perfect. 👍

Very nice. I’ve been using one most weeks for the last 30 years in my Dental Laboratory. Don’t forget you can fill the bottom area above the vacuum with ball bearings to allow different depths of form. This also means you can place items in that have an undercut and use the ball bearings to stop the form being pulled into the undercut. Great channel mate !

Used one very similar to that when I worked in a dental lab. The reason for the higher position is because the thick, rubbery film we'd use were for tooth grind guards and needed to be closer to the element. Worked great for ages.

I work with this everyday. I'm a dental assistant and I've been an Adam Savage fan for decades!

You can tell how good a tool is by how excited Adam is about showing it to people.

I really love re-purposing tools. you can find amazingly similar tools in every profession, just a tiny difference to acommodate the needs for a profession. And finds like these are the best :)

Entered the rabbit hole on Amazon and already found this! Led me to a search on making my own, but came across this video. Thanks for this video! Hold on my Adel tool is here! Love that tool!

Styrene appears to be laser-safe, too, so combining this with a laser cutter could lead to some very cool projects.

I love how Adam has a tiny version of most tools in his shop now. Time for a mini lathe Adam!

This is awesome! I'm slowly piecing together a makerspace, and this will absolutely be getting a home there.

Thank you so much for showing me this Adam. I have literally been looking at this exact thing for the last 2 years after I watched a video of yours on styrene. Been on the fence because I couldn't find anyone really showing if it would work with styrene. This is fantastic and I'm thrilled at the possibilities.

I still have a Mattel Vac-U-Form from the early '60s. I loved that thing when I was a kid.

Every time I see your homebuilt vacuum former, for a split second I think it's a popcorn machine :D

I've met Adam and spent some time geeking out with him on different things. Very genuine guy, exactly how he is in his videos. I wish his enthusiasm came in a 6pack!

Good call - when I was a kid, we had a Vac-U-Form and it was so freakin' great. This is a great 'adult' version of that toy.

My son just got one thanks to your review. He was just as excited as you were! He’s wanted one for ages. Thank You he loves it.

I remember in the 60's, Mattel came out with a vacuum former. It was slightly smaller than Adam's red machine. One side had a hot plate, the other had the vacuum side with a hand pump & a plastic holder you would flip over from heater to former, then you had a handle for the hand pump. I got one for Xmas but didn't try it for a while because I had to save my allowance for plastic sheets. It had a few pieces to start but like a typical guy, I didn't read directions. I needed a couple of boats for flat car loads & I wanted different color boats. After a couple fo failures, I read the directions. Now once I mastered the procedure, I had so many boats I had to get more flat cars. Boy, was I happy my father liked trains, my mother lost her basement every winter to a gigantic layout. Best use we got out of the 5 ping pong tables (summer they doubled as buffet table when the family came to visit). I miss those days building with my dad even though he hated that my modeling was better! I wished I had kept that vacuum former.

How you mentioned about the camera and covid time videos, I love the videos you have put out just yourself this past year. Im sure its way easier for you having someone record but I love videos like this. Just Adam doing his thing!

I have been looking at one of these for months but your video put me over the edge ... buying one. Thankyou!