CHEAP Vacuum Forming With Plastic Bottles

by Tom Howbridge in Workshop > Tools

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CHEAP Vacuum Forming With Plastic Bottles

Vacuum forming a MINION

This is a cool project you can do with a vacuum former and a few milk bottles,

I will make an Instructable on how to make a former but for now look at others there are some great ones,

you can checkout how to make this with free plans here

https://www.instructables.com/id/Build-an-Easy-Vacu...

Gather Your Quipment

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I have here a ;

  • Home made vacuum former
  • heat gun
  • toy figure(I got mine from Mc Donalds)
  • And a vacuum

Making Stuff..

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Plastic from the bottle is then stapled onto a frame.

Vacuum Forming..

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The frame is then pressed when hot from the heat gun and the vacuum is turned on ,the plastic gets pulled around and sucked down creating an object from the mould.

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