Originally Posted by Bluewavestudios

Nice work Barry,

Vac Form Moulding machines are not as expensive as you think, I bought one many years ago from the Model Plans service (Now Nexus) as a kit for about £11.....it is basically a wooden box that you build up with the frame on top to hold the plastic...the suction device is nothing more than your average domestic Vacuum cleaner......Plugged into a standard vac end nozzle glued and sealed into the base.
Heat your plastic on the wood frame, lower down over your plug/mould on the base and switch vac on to suck air down and pull plastic down over your plug....dead easy and dead cheap..........and it works !!!

Regards.........Mark.