Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 00:06:20 -0500
From: Joe <joe-AT-dunfee.com>
Subject: Re: PUPT: Lightweight positive base forms


> Know of a common type of industry that uses vacuum-forming all the time?

   I own a simple 11"x17" vacuum former that runs off my shop vacuum.  This
vacuum former was geared towards the R/C car hobby market and is certainly
very minimalist. I have to heat the plastic in my home oven.  

   The sign making industry uses vacuum formers a lot. I know that vacuum
formers are also now commonly in use in the maskot making industry.  Many
theaters use them as well.

  In Miami, when I found a source to replenish my plastic supply, I ended up
discovering they would do the vacuum forming for me at only $5 + the cost of
materials.  The only drawback was that their minimum size was 4' square.

Joe Dunfee  joe-AT-dunfee.com
Gordonville, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.



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