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  3. ATA ANH Stunt TK (First Armor Build)

    in Hard Armor (General Discussion)

    Posted · Edited by gmrhodes13
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    Thank y'all for the welcoming comments, I will definitely start to refer to the suggested material. I know I'm a little late with the build pictures as I wasn't sure how I was going to get the images small enough to post, but here are some of the pictures I've managed to get while getting help from a friend on Facebook. I don't know if you want me to throw your name out there, but thank you! You know who you are. -----------

  13. Vacuum forming plastic options

    in The Foundry - Armor and Prop Making

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    have molds already????.......sounds fishy

    oh vacuforming is easy you just heat some plastic up and put it on a form and suck it down and done!!!

    ya know mathias ...how many times I read you saying that....lol..if I had a doller for every time

     

    forming is NOT easy to do..and not cheap

    sure you can get 1000 bucks worth of HIPS to start practicing on that should get you ready for ABS

    good abs you can only buy in bulk about 5000 worth

     

    but back to the molds ???

    c

  15. Vacuum forming plastic options

    in The Foundry - Armor and Prop Making

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    Why go through the effort to make your own moulds, build a vec-form and buy the plastic, then find it's hard and costly and didn't turn out very well, when you can buy a finished kit from someone who know's what they are doing, for much less?

    I have the molds already, I just want to make armor for me and my friends, plus I don't have the money for armor, especially from anovos.

  16. Vacuum forming plastic options

    in The Foundry - Armor and Prop Making

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    Hello,

     

    I have some experience from the industrial vacuumforming (fridge production with PVC).

    It's quite important that the core temperature from your plastic sheet is higher then the glas transition temperature but not so high as the melting temperature. If the temperature is below the glas transition temperature, you will get some cracks in the plastic during the forming. Also the tempering of the mold is quite important, with a "hot" mold (30-50°C) you get better results during the forming (the material can flow better).

    In the fridge mass production we used a lot of sensors to control the plastic sheet heating process and also the forming process itself. But nevertheless, we set the parameters for each new product with the try and error method ;)

    Hello,

     

    I have some experience from the industrial vacuumforming (fridge production with PVC).

    It's quite important that the core temperature from your plastic sheet is higher then the glas transition temperature but not so high as the melting temperature. If the temperature is below the glas transition temperature, you will get some cracks in the plastic during the forming. Also the tempering of the mold is quite important, with a "hot" mold (30-50°C) you get better results during the forming (the material can flow better).

    In the fridge mass production we used a lot of sensors to control the plastic sheet heating process and also the forming process itself. But nevertheless, we set the parameters for each new product with the try and error method ;)

    I think I'll stick with abs or HIPS, I'm having trouble finding the pvc anyway.
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