![]() ![]() It’s an awesome product in that it becomes very flexible when heated in water, takes the form of whatever you put it on, and hardens when cool. I had to use the plastic infused gauze version of the product. , but found that it was no longer available. ![]() I tried to find the Varaform mesh that I used in a skull mold project that I had done at an educational conference I had to figure out how I was going to stiffen the latex so that it would hold it’s shape when I filled it with plaster. I was surprised that it came off as easy as it did, but this was just step one of the process. ![]() I laid the lanterns in clay, and then layered coat after coat of latex on them.Īfter what seemed like a million years, I felt I had enough of the latex on and tried to get the latex off in one piece. The first thing I had to do was make plaster casts of the lanterns that she wanted to use in the show. I initially only wanted to use it to make a couple of sculpture projects for class, but when our director mentioned how expensive the lanterns that she wanted to use in “Oliver” were, I asked her to let me see if I could duplicate them with my vacuum form as if I had mastered the art. As it turns out, I could make one of those, but it took a frustratingly long time of trial and error to finally get it right. I had seen the “Mythbuster’s” guys use a vacuum form machine to make quick molds for replication of their crash test dummy, and I thought, “I could probably make one of those. At the time of the show, I had taken a sculpture class at Rutgers, and had become fascinated with the idea of vacuum forming. Whatever your model/prototype needs, we offer you an efficient, timely and cost-effective service.In this post I’m going to take a step back again, because I forgot a very exciting tool I built and used for some of the set we used in our 2008 production of “Oliver”. We also provide services in designing, 3D scanning, 3D printing, CNC machining, paint finishing, vacuum casting, laser cutting and more. If you want to have a plastic model or prototype created, you are welcome to discuss your needs with us by simply calling or writing to us. Models and prototypes of all shapes and sizes can be created by vacuum forming from a wide variety of plastics. ![]() It can only be used to create plastic models, it cannot be used for other materials such as marble, granite, metal, etc… For that, we use methods such as CNC machining, 3D printing, rapid prototyping, GRP moulding, laser cutting, etc… Having said that, a great variety of models/prototypes can be created using vacuum forming, including: This cost-effective method is greatly accurate but has certain limitations as well. Both big and small models, often large-scale production pieces are easily created with this process. ![]()
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