Want to make a custom mask for your Halloween costume or perhaps just a really unique form for project boxes, jello molds, etc.? You can make a simple vacuum mold with a bit of lumber, a sheet of ...

After you sculpt your next great MoMA-worthy miniature, reproduce your work with a machine that captures every contour. Just smaller than a microwave, the Mayku FormBox uses heat and suction to create ...

Marty Hankins removes a sheet of molded plastic from the Vaquform machine as, from left, Joshua Paul, Ruth Wilson and Jean Pyzik ook on during a vacuum forming class at Exploration Commons in ...

The vacuum forming machine can form plastic sheets around objects to create a form. In the Maker Lab, we have a My Yard Formart 2 vacuum former and a Centroform SV 1217 vacuum former. Material Fees: ...

While 3D printing is all well and good, it can be frustrating if you need to make a lot of things, or make them quickly. Do you really want to wait minutes (or hours) for a bowl to finish? Mayku sure ...

Vacuum-formed architectural elements and props from Provost Displays use a Boltaron sheet to imitate the look of real items while maintaining paintability, impact resistance, and recyclability.

Composites fabrication has its share of pain points. One is laying carbon/epoxy prepreg into tight mold radii and corners in female molds. It is difficult for manual operators and automated layup ...

Vacuum forming is perhaps one of the less popular tools in the modern maker arsenal, something which surprises us a bit because it offers many possibilities. We’ve created our own vacuum forms on 3D ...

Vacuum forming involves heating up a sheet of plastic and stretching it over a mold known as a “buck”. A vacuum is applied to pull the plastic up to the mold surface. The major parts are a table top ...