Monday, August 28, 2006

Vacuum Forming

Several years ago I was asked to help put together some costumes. As usual I never actually pulled it off. I couldn't find what kind of plastic I needed. There's lots of pages on vacuum forming, but they always seem to assume you know where to get random sheets of plastic...

Well tonight I made that particular discovery.

From this page on www.tk560.com

Sometimes called HIPs [High-Impact Polystyrene Sheet] I've had the best luck searching for HIS [High-Impact Styrene Sheet] Below are some suggested sources.


:D

The problem that brought this up was, I'm wondering if this is a practical way to build some new trim pieces for my car. The old pieces just arent holding up. Or maybe just use the plastic to mold more durable fiberglass bits.

Of course that would require a nearly 4ft vacuum table. :)
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  1. Anonymous3:21 PM

    Do you have any sort of contact info or aim / googlechat etc?

    I find your work interesting and such.

    Maybe I can be of help to you for some of your recent investigations into the world of metals.

    you can contact me at walkingspring@yahoo.com

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