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With a high vacuum system---even a converted bike pump---you get several times as much forming force, and could hang your whole family, or maybe your car. :twisted: (Briefly, but long enough to suck...

I'd be interested in info on how to make a good cheap strip heater.

I've been thinking I can modify my hot wire foam cutter design a little bit and make a nice one with heat control for about $20...

I made a video of using the vacuum former from the Instructable:

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I saw the thread that stopped about a year ago, but nothing since then.

Did you post pictures and stuff somewhere?

If you add a high vacuum system, you'll get better detail. (If you need that.)

(Sorry, I seem to have screwed up editing this post and lost the original text... this is a rough reconstruction. See the movie in a later post.)

I wrote an "Instructable" on how to make a good...

You can vacuum form acrylics into all kinds of shapes, on a homemade machine that's not expensive or difficult to make.

Here's a shape I did recently, using a piece of acrylic fluorescent diffuser...