home made vacuum former and vacuum process

I'm 65 this year, born in Kansas in 1957. you taught me something new. great job and Thanks for sharing

Finally a decent-sized DIY vacuum form machine that doesn't involve melting plastic in your kitchen oven

That is the slickest setup I have seen. It sure goes to show that some extra care in the setup can save a lot of headache in the long run. Thank you for showing us.

Awesome video well thought out and to the point and clear video shots of everything! Great Job on the professional looking design. Thank you for showing how it works, what you made, and for the insightful tip on how to use it.

Oh, I need this. The hot plate! That's so smart.

A hot plate! Why didn't I think of that!? Here I was watching videos on these ridiculously overkill setups because I didn't want to use my oven. Two space heaters with the safeties removed, moving gantries of large coils for heating, etc., etc. One 20$ hot plate and done! Thank you for the fantastically simple idea!

Just made this! Now we see if it works. Thank you and I agree with the comments saying it is the simplest version, even without any real instruction on how to make.

Great machines great video as well

I've been perusing Vacuum Forming videos online for several months and there are quite a few very nice ones, but your design is by far my favorite for our purposes. I've been planning on going with a 2 piece station with a heating element below the plastic because I didn't like the pull down method where the heat source is above the material, due to heat rising. I can see it being necessary to use the pull down method for larger or thicker pieces, a la Adam Savage's jumbo machine. Your method is great! I really like the hot plate and the frame latching. Thank you for sharing, you seem like you are very familiar with vacuum forming. I just subscribed after watching this video and look forward to viewing many others! :-)

Nice work. I hope you do post your design 😊

Amazing idea

thank you sir for this video is the best video I have seen the explanation is superb thank you again

Did you ever try pushing down the frame before applying th vacuum? Thereby creating an initial positive pressure. I've seen that in industrial vacuum formers, my guess it is to distrubute the plastic more evenly.

This one of the simple and sleekest designs I’ve seen. Please please revisit the thought of posting plans!

good one thanks for sharing man

That the reason that i love work with americans all of You are practical

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Would adding a fan inside make it more even heat?

Ótima dica de máquina vacum formg

Great tutorial. Can you please post your build of materials?