lawnman36

been playing with vacuum forming made me a new body for my mcd rrv4 [img][/img]http://i1230.photobucket.com/albums/ee487/glenn201/PICT0179.jpg

RAMTech-HBF-LSF

Looks cool for a homemade job.

lawnman36

the mold is still ruff but im getting there next one will look better

RAMTech-HBF-LSF

Smooth out the sharp corners or the mold won't last long.

lawnman36

i am planning on smoothing out corners i just pulled one tonight out of .118 plastic the one in the pic is .093 not bad for a home made vacuum former

sparky 25

I have made a fibreglass mould of a 1/5 scale f150 body shell,

I made it from the brittle body that came with my rovan big monster 4wd truck and now want to build a vaccum former,

I hope to make myself a body from 3mm polycarbonate,

Can you post some pics of your vaccum former and what you use to heat the polycarbonate?

lawnman36

3mm is what i just pulled i made my own heater from element wire you need a lot of vacuum

lawnman36

here is a 190 pound man standing on my .118 body

sparky 25

That's a real strong bodyshell

I was planning to use a twin motor valeting vaccum cleaner for suction?

Also can you tell me how much droop approx you had in your polycarbonate sheet before removing from the heat source?

For heat I'm using 2 x electric ovens side by side with with electric grill elements to heat the polycarbonate,

You got any pics of your vaccum and heat elements?

lawnman36

your heat my be ok but vacuum i bet you will need more with a vacuum cleaner you pull about 10 inches of vacuum im pilling 24 inches