- August 3rd, 2015, 11:17 am#4840459
Another weekend and another update. I worked on the bumper and did a pull and test removal of extra plastic while it's not perfect yet it's pretty darn close. I also put a few finishing touches on the upper section but I still don't have my 24x24" vacuum setup ready. But I did extend the heater box to fit 24x24" plastic so I just need to make a new frame and a new plantain.
I wanted to add a couple extra pics showing how my vacuum setup works. The next 2 pics are of the frame that hold the plastic. Most people make two frame then join them together with some sort of hardware screws, bolts, staples, hinges etc. But I had and idea that I could just tape the plastic to the frame making for a much simpler solution. I found 1 video of a Japanese guy doing it for RC cars and so I did it just like he did and it works great.
This is the flat side that will flipped over to face the heater and then be pressed down onto the mold. You can see the plain on masking tape being used. Make sure to use the tan stuff the blue stuff doesn't quite but up with the abuse of mold removal.
Here you can see my 1x2" frame. I used a pocket hole jig and glue to make it super strong and square. This frames external measurements are 16x24" this way I can maximize the use of the plastic which comes in 4x8' sheets.
Next up you can see my newly remodeled bumper. I should have taken a pics from the top but I forgot this pic is from the bottom showing off my spacers(pennies) that I use to get suction underneath the mold. Since my vacuum former only have one large hole I need to lift everything up so air can be evacuated quickly.
I probably should of taken a few more pics of my setup that I created to remove extra plastics but maybe I will make a video later. But here is the final bumper product you can tell I have some severe webbing that I need to figure out but other than that it looks pretty darn good. I will probably do one more pass with bondo before just to smooth out some final imperfections.
Just another view that you can see some faint lines where the pieces join that I want to take care of with the bondo.
This video show how you can reduce the webbing so I nee to make some sort of box slightly larger than my shape that I push over the bumper prior to turning on the vacuum. Of course I will also need to grow an extra set of hands.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iFWbbp8NsA
Next weekend hopefully my friend can help me out and we can complete the new 24x24" setup and do a pull of the upper section.
I wanted to add a couple extra pics showing how my vacuum setup works. The next 2 pics are of the frame that hold the plastic. Most people make two frame then join them together with some sort of hardware screws, bolts, staples, hinges etc. But I had and idea that I could just tape the plastic to the frame making for a much simpler solution. I found 1 video of a Japanese guy doing it for RC cars and so I did it just like he did and it works great.
This is the flat side that will flipped over to face the heater and then be pressed down onto the mold. You can see the plain on masking tape being used. Make sure to use the tan stuff the blue stuff doesn't quite but up with the abuse of mold removal.
Here you can see my 1x2" frame. I used a pocket hole jig and glue to make it super strong and square. This frames external measurements are 16x24" this way I can maximize the use of the plastic which comes in 4x8' sheets.
Next up you can see my newly remodeled bumper. I should have taken a pics from the top but I forgot this pic is from the bottom showing off my spacers(pennies) that I use to get suction underneath the mold. Since my vacuum former only have one large hole I need to lift everything up so air can be evacuated quickly.
I probably should of taken a few more pics of my setup that I created to remove extra plastics but maybe I will make a video later. But here is the final bumper product you can tell I have some severe webbing that I need to figure out but other than that it looks pretty darn good. I will probably do one more pass with bondo before just to smooth out some final imperfections.
Just another view that you can see some faint lines where the pieces join that I want to take care of with the bondo.
This video show how you can reduce the webbing so I nee to make some sort of box slightly larger than my shape that I push over the bumper prior to turning on the vacuum. Of course I will also need to grow an extra set of hands.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iFWbbp8NsA
Next weekend hopefully my friend can help me out and we can complete the new 24x24" setup and do a pull of the upper section.
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