Re: TI-H: nifty idea...
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Re: TI-H: nifty idea...
I am not entirely familiar with vaccuum forming windows, but you take
something (clay, wood...) and make a mold of the object that you wish to
form. (The mold looks the same as the object) You heat up the sheet of
plastic to a point where it is no longer stiff, but more like tissue
paper in rigidity. While hot, you wrap this plastic around the object
mold you made. I believe vou can do this in an oven, I am not sure how
to do the vaccuum part. When I make slot car bodies, I have a wooden
buck of the chassi, heat the sheet of plastic with a personal space
heater (1600w?) then rub it down over the wooden buck.
~Larry C
Larry1492@juno.com
On Sun, 1 Mar 1998 21:55:11 -0500 "Robert Brack" <reb@netride.com>
writes:
>
>Point me towards a web site. Also, how do they make them? Can I make
>a
>custom case (not clear) that looks cool by the same method?
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Larry G Currie <larry1492@juno.com>
>To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
>Date: Sunday, March 01, 1998 4:41 PM
>Subject: Re: TI-H: nifty idea...
>
>
>>
>>I think clear is usually vaccuumformed becuse it is a pain in the
>butt to
>>cast without frosting/streaking/bubbles, and it shatters easier.
>Try
>>some of the model building sites on the internet, I know a lot of
>people
>>make ne resin bodies (expensive) and vaccuumform windows [and some of
>us,
>>slot car bodies]
>>~Larry C
>>Larry1492@juno.com
>>
>>On Fri, 27 Feb 1998 23:07:20 -0500 "Robert Brack" <reb@netride.com>
>>writes:
>>>
>>>Hey, find out how much one costs and where to get it. I've been
>>>looking for
>>>one (plastic mold injection). If I can get one, I can make my own
>key
>>>w/EL
>>>lights, enough room for everything inside the calc, and a AA battery
>>>holder
>>>w/out an external box! I could then sell these cases for a
>reasonable
>>>price! If anyone knows where I can get one, let me know!
>>> -Robert Brack
>>>
>>>reb@netride.com
>>>
>>
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