I decided to use ordinary clay for ceramics to model the basic shape for the vacuum models. It’s cheap and easy to buy in the local hobby shop. It will only last as long as it is wet, and it is not re-useable but it doesn’t matter because i will only use the model once.
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This Vacuum forming is a very simple setup that could be improved in several ways.
I made everything in wood because its fast and easy to construct something in wood.
The oven is made of plywood and 6 pcs. ceramic IR heaters as used in professional vaccum forming machines. I have seen people using many different heating [...]