Oh, You Are SO Getting One!
Added 2021-06-29 19:26:16 +0000 UTCWelcome to the world of Vacu-Forming - In your own home! Yes, this incredibly cheap little machine makes creating any hollow plastic part a cinch. And it's fun! Enjoy!
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Yes, Mattel here is an early 60's commercial. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCvgvWiZNe8
GrayRaceCat
2021-07-13 03:21:48 +0000 UTCI remember vacuum forming stuff at school. We had a big ol' machine that was about A2, and we'd use to muck about trying to find the right shape that would piece the plastic while still letting the rest of is suck down. Harder than it sounds Cheers Fran.
veritanuda
2021-07-04 12:49:13 +0000 UTCI remember at work one time we used one of those green scrubbing pads to act as an air filter and it worked quite well. If you can't find metal mesh immediately that might work also.
Daniel Bingamon
2021-07-03 13:07:56 +0000 UTCI know right??
Fran Blanche
2021-07-02 20:20:44 +0000 UTCUhg I just ordered mine. This is not helping me become a minimalist lol
2021-07-01 02:31:24 +0000 UTCI’m so angry because I was going to say that I think vacuum forms suck but you beat me to the punch! Well played.
2021-06-30 12:56:04 +0000 UTCWhat I saw too.
Gilbert Pfaff
2021-06-30 01:56:04 +0000 UTCI think you need to move the letters down so that you get more air holes on top.
Daniel Bingamon
2021-06-30 00:34:40 +0000 UTCI can think of so many uses for that thing!
William Alsing
2021-06-30 00:00:43 +0000 UTCYes.. Adam Savage said that too
2021-06-29 21:08:38 +0000 UTCSo glad you've got back into The Phactory Fran. I remember using a vacuum former in "Technical Studies" (Woodwork / Metalwork at school back in the 70s. It was bigger than that, something like 15" * 15" bed. Good fun though. Yes with more practice I'm sure you'll find perfection. One tip I seem to remember keep the heat on right up to the end when you switch the vacuum on.
Dr Andy Hill
2021-06-29 20:39:15 +0000 UTCI remember a neighbor having one of the kid versions of this back in the 1960s. I also remember burning the heck out of our fingers with it. I always thought it was "Vac-u-Form™," a trademark of Mattel or someone.
Dave Land
2021-06-29 20:23:41 +0000 UTCI am SO looking at that nice empty space on my bench where one would fit perfectly
2021-06-29 20:17:14 +0000 UTCWell that totally sucks!
John McCormick
2021-06-29 20:03:20 +0000 UTC
