by Just me » Sat Sep 06, 2008 2:01 pm
Go to .087 plastic. Heat the sheet on some 2X6's on edge and when the center of the sheet just about hits the oven rack pull it out to form it.
Pre heating the plug can help on a part like you are doing to keep the heat in a little longer. If your plug can take it, preheat it to 150-175F then heat the thermoplastic and form.
You can also try using 2 shop vacs to form more quickly.
I used to do a lot of small parts for cars and model trains.
(There used to be a toy called a Vac-U-form that I had as a kid in the 60's that started it all for me.)
Here is a link to it...
http://www.spookshows.com/toys/vacuform/vacuform.htm
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