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                        Now that's a vacuum former!

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                        Woody
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Third rock from the sun.
                        Now that's a vacuum former!
                        Posted by Woody on Wednesday, May 18, 2005 5:27 PM
                        Man what I wouldn't give for one of these babies!
                        http://www.vacugenic.com/exo24/flip_ani.html

                        " I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way." --John Paul Jones
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                        Aviator
                        • Member since
                          March 2005
                        Posted by Aviator on Wednesday, May 18, 2005 9:31 PM
                        Yep, I hear ya...Wow!! [wow]
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                        qmiester
                        • Member since
                          May 2003
                        • From: Central USA
                        Posted by qmiester on Wednesday, May 18, 2005 10:23 PM
                        It's just like auto or aircraft racing - all it takes is cubic bucks!
                        Quincy
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                        zokissima
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
                        Posted by zokissima on Wednesday, May 18, 2005 10:48 PM
                        Wow, that's industrial sized fun.
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                        Woody
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Third rock from the sun.
                        Posted by Woody on Thursday, May 19, 2005 4:53 AM
                        It would almost be worth it if you could do a little vacuforming for pay.

                        " I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way." --John Paul Jones
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, May 21, 2005 12:09 PM
                        It's yours for a mere $3500.Smile [:)]

                        Mark
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, May 21, 2005 1:05 PM
                        That was a sweet animation!!!
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                        Woody
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Third rock from the sun.
                        Posted by Woody on Saturday, May 21, 2005 7:12 PM
                        I actually would like to have a vacuformer like that. Seems large scale Sci-Fi models might become popular and vac hulls would be much more economical than large resin models. I would love to master a kit of the Rebel Blockade runner from Star Wars but the amount of resin needed would make for a very expensive and heavy model.

                        " I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way." --John Paul Jones
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                        scottrc
                        • Member since
                          December 2003
                        • From: 37deg 40.13' N 95deg 29.10'W
                        Posted by scottrc on Tuesday, May 31, 2005 3:20 PM
                        Maybe I'll show my wife and she might buy it for me, she is getting tired of me using her Kirby and stove on my old homebuilt Vac machine.

                        Scott

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 6, 2005 10:08 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by markworthi

                        It's yours for a mere $3500.Smile [:)]

                        Mark


                        Plus $231 for the external vacuum. And, here in North Carolina the sales tax adds another $245, bringing you pretty close to a round $4,000. And I thought Lie-Nielsen hand planes were expensive[:0]
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                        Duke Maddog
                        • Member since
                          June 2003
                        • From: Rowland Heights, California
                        Posted by Duke Maddog on Tuesday, June 7, 2005 10:57 AM
                        Yeah, that is cool. I got to use a slightly bigger version at Knott's Berry Farm to vac-form some brick wall sections that were destined to be installed on several Halloween Haunt maze walls. The one I used was a 4-foot by 4-foot square. They are lots of fun to use!
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 8, 2005 5:14 PM
                        how about something more realistic for us budget modelers :)

                        www.warmplastic.com

                        Jeff
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                        giobosco
                        • Member since
                          September 2004
                        • From: Perth Western Australia
                        Posted by giobosco on Sunday, June 19, 2005 12:52 AM
                        Hi Jeff and all,

                        yeah, I must agree they are really useful, one question though as I have never done this before, but read in one recent issue of FSM....How do we get the frame to show through when vacu-forming canopies?

                        Thanks to all

                        Gianni

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 10:14 PM
                        basswood form with evergreen strips for the framining apoxied to the form and vaccumformed
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