Seraph0000 Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 Okay... This is my first post, sorry I never introduced myself and sorry if there's a better place for this. Anyways... When vacuum forming should you go for a vacuum that pulls harder or faster? Like say (as I understand it) a shop vac and a vacuum such as the "Sharks" may pull with the same strenght, but the shop vac does have a greater area and should (in my mind) pull more air more quickly. Where as some smaller vacuums can pull harder. The shop vac kinda seems like the way to go, but I'm not sure what would give the best detail harder or faster? Most people go with a shop vac so I'm assuming there's some reason behind it I haven't heard. Also... how well would vacuum pumps work for vacuum forming? My father has one at his shop that will pull 28" of mercury... But I'm not sure how long it would take to reach that point. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperTrooper Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 (edited) Here is a link to an excellent vac forming forum that can answer that for you. Many of the members there are on the FISD as well. Good luck. ----- Edited December 5, 2020 by gmrhodes13 link not working, removed gmrhodes13 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daetrin[Admin] Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 Holy smokes - great find! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdhawk[501st] Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 Yeah, I've read that site a lot over the past year, it's a well-spring of knowledge. Thinking I may start doing myself small thinks like RC toys and stuff with a small table, maybe even small pieces of stuff.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatshock[501st] Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 oooooo just wot I was looking for supertrooper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seraph0000 Posted September 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 (edited) SuperTrooper said: Here is a link to an excellent vac forming forum that can answer that for you. Many of the members there are on the FISD as well. Good luck. ----- oh yeah i never said thanks ... so thanks supertrooper! Edited December 5, 2020 by gmrhodes13 link not working, removed gmrhodes13 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missingpieces[501st] Posted September 23, 2008 Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 O M G! questions! answers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seraph0000 Posted September 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 O M G! questions! answers! O.bnoxious M.an G.ames (the heck am I smoking? hah) OMG! Acronyms! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acrylikhan Posted September 28, 2008 Report Share Posted September 28, 2008 Okay... This is my first post, sorry I never introduced myself and sorry if there's a better place for this. Anyways... When vacuum forming should you go for a vacuum that pulls harder or faster? Like say (as I understand it) a shop vac and a vacuum such as the "Sharks" may pull with the same strenght, but the shop vac does have a greater area and should (in my mind) pull more air more quickly. Where as some smaller vacuums can pull harder. The shop vac kinda seems like the way to go, but I'm not sure what would give the best detail harder or faster? Most people go with a shop vac so I'm assuming there's some reason behind it I haven't heard. Also... how well would vacuum pumps work for vacuum forming? My father has one at his shop that will pull 28" of mercury... But I'm not sure how long it would take to reach that point. Thanks! The rig I currently have (that I have been pulling some biker scout parts from) uses an industrial grade vacuum pump. It pulls 30 inches of mercury within five seconds. VACUUM PUMPS WORK VERY WELL!!! They can be expensive. A good of high Horse Power shop vac with an airtight connection, or a series of shop vacs, can do a great job too. And it's inexpensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VacTrooper Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 what you want is a high vac set-up that pulls STRONG and SLOWLY, this way, you get little to no webbing effects... GO WITH A VACUUM-PUMP! shops vacs are AWEFUL at pulling plastic!! i'm on those boards too. VERY helpful with vacuum-forming... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyoron Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 Yeah, this is going to be helpful once i start building my proton packs hopefully Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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