Vacuum formers are useful tools to have around the shop and also an incredibly simple technology. All you need is a plastic sheet, a heater of some kind, a table with a bunch of holes in it, and a ...

Building custom parts often means learning new skills or getting out of your comfort zone, especially if you want to create something that is really cool. While most hot rodders can fabricate brackets ...

Watch the first crucial steps in prepping an old vacuum forming machine for a full restoration. Cleaning, testing, and fixing the basics set the stage for a smooth rebuild.

When we think of 3D printing we usually think of a little robot that squirts out endless lines of plastic onto a surface. But vacuum forming—smoothing a sheet of thin plastic over an object to make a ...

The vacuum forming machine can form plastic sheets around objects to create a form. In the Maker Lab, we have a My Yard Formart 2 vacuum former and a Centroform SV 1217 vacuum former. Material Fees: ...