This is so much more than I thought it would be, in a great way! I thought it was just your process of vacuum forming not the building of a vacuum forming table. I must make one!
Use cheap alcohol as a lubricant and cooling liquid when sawing or routing through plastics. In the Netherlands I use methyl-alcohol (spiritus). Always works like a charm.
You're awesome. Thanks for the inspiration. I'll watch the other video to learn what the flexible membrane is. Do you think rounding the inside corners would extend the life?
Excellent build! :) I wonder though if you even need the catches. Seems to me as soon as you push down the frame it will be held by the vacuum. Think I'm going to copy this build. Thanks for posting :)
You’re right. I wanted them in case I was molding around something larger and I didn’t want to have hold the membrane down while I run the pump/chamber
Two things. Links to the exact parts would have made this build really easy . Second, what is the rubbery piecd of material you put between the two cut out square cutting boards.
Really interesting. Very nice build. Never seen the weld inserts fitted before. I'll file that for future use! How did you prepare the leather blank for forming? Was it soaked or? Many thanks from 🇬🇧
Great video sir. Been wondering if this project would be worth it or not. What is that silicone (ish) membrane you’re using? Also are those Grifs at 4:22? Good looking dogs
Where in the world did you find those threaded inserts that you melted in to the plastic. Insert, heating iron used to in bed them in the plastic, where does a person learn about the process of installing them and where to buy them. Correct me if I’m wrong but a person could use those in wood using epoxy glue to keep them in place, would that work? Have you used the inserts in other materials other than plastic? The design of this vacuum press is really nice.
Try searching on RUclips for heat-set inserts. You can get the tool on Amazon. There are also some adapters you can use on your soldering iron if you already have one. I’m not sure how they would do in epoxy. I think most use threaded inserts for that
how come when you put the leather on top of the knife there are no lines on the leather and when you take it out there are lines around the piece? did you re-vacuum ?
You like the melt-in thread barrels? I've never had good luck with them. I prefer t-nuts. A fairly fine router bit would have done the job on those cutting boards. It's what I use because it's so fast it cools itself and the vacuum sucks up the mess. 15:20 Wait wait wait wait! You didn't soak the leather or steam it? You don't apply any heat to it? How long do you wait? Duuuude!
I did wet and case the leather before. No heat….I didn’t have any problems with the heat-set inserts. I wanted to try them to avoid putting a hole all the way through the bed….fewer places to lose vacuum. Thanks for the comments!
Look for plastic-cutting router bits from Onsrud. They have very deep, aggressive flutes for chip ejection. It helps if you can also blow compressed air on the tool to clear the chips and keep the bit cool - easier to say when you use a CNC cutter, but you could probably rig a blower onto a handheld router.
1/32 inches thick. Clear/transparent. Found mine on eBay. I don’t have the link as I bought it 3 years ago when I first started contemplating this build. I think mine was 18”x18”
@@wyomingwrightyou work just like me then 😂. "I know I bought this for a reason, but that reason isn't ready to be made yet." I have the parts for a propane burner set up for a foundry and forge that were bought years and months ago and are yet to be assembled.
Do you pre-treat the leather before vacuum moulding? Years ago I made beautiful breast and back plate of wax-boiled leather, had to form them y hand under running water.
You could go without. The pot helps you build up a stronger vacuum to quickly pull the air out of the press. It also provides a vacuum “reservoir” so you can have continual pull without running the pump, even if your press is not 100% air-tight. It makes it so you’re not having to constantly run the pump. Most vacuum presses have a tank of some kind for these reasons
Noted...You should see how many I edited out...This project involved a lot of drilling holes, putting inserts in holes, and putting screws in inserts. Thank for the comment!
Great “how to”, fantastic design”, excellent editing. You really do make an excellent forming tool and video. Thank you from Missouri.
This is so much more than I thought it would be, in a great way!
I thought it was just your process of vacuum forming not the building of a vacuum forming table.
I must make one!
That was deeply satisfying. Ty!
Beautiful work! Thank you for sharing!
I love it. Nice add for the pot...for volume...quick suck down
You can "cheat the price" by buying the smaller chamber and using your pressure cooker bottom for a big pot
Awesome build ❤
Use cheap alcohol as a lubricant and cooling liquid when sawing or routing through plastics. In the Netherlands I use methyl-alcohol (spiritus). Always works like a charm.
Parabéns!!!!! From Brazil...
What about the silicone sheeting, i don't know what to look for, thanks in advance
Nevermind I found your answer below thanks "the silicone membrane is a sheet of 1/32” transparent silicone sheet I bought on eBay a few years ago"
You're awesome. Thanks for the inspiration. I'll watch the other video to learn what the flexible membrane is. Do you think rounding the inside corners would extend the life?
Wow, thanks! I’m not sure it would make much difference, but it certainly wouldn’t hurt!
Excellent build! :)
I wonder though if you even need the catches. Seems to me as soon as you push down the frame it will be held by the vacuum.
Think I'm going to copy this build. Thanks for posting :)
You’re right. I wanted them in case I was molding around something larger and I didn’t want to have hold the membrane down while I run the pump/chamber
The clamps help hold the seal while it pulls a vacuum. Just holding the frame down with your hands may not provide the adequate even pressure.
For cutting put masking/painters tape over the cutting line.
Two things. Links to the exact parts would have made this build really easy . Second, what is the rubbery piecd of material you put between the two cut out square cutting boards.
you should try cutting the cutting board with a 60 watt fiber laser. you could probably do all the hole drilling with the laser as well.
This would be awesome. I would love a 60 watt laser
Really interesting. Very nice build. Never seen the weld inserts fitted before. I'll file that for future use!
How did you prepare the leather blank for forming? Was it soaked or?
Many thanks from 🇬🇧
Great video sir. Been wondering if this project would be worth it or not. What is that silicone (ish) membrane you’re using? Also are those Grifs at 4:22? Good looking dogs
Yes sir those are my goofy Griffs! Angus and Una…the silicone membrane is a sheet of 1/32” transparent silicone sheet I bought on eBay a few years ago
What is the material that you used as the flexible membrane to clamp down your leather?
Silicone
Where in the world did you find those threaded inserts that you melted in to the plastic. Insert, heating iron used to in bed them in the plastic, where does a person learn about the process of installing them and where to buy them. Correct me if I’m wrong but a person could use those in wood using epoxy glue to keep them in place, would that work? Have you used the inserts in other materials other than plastic? The design of this vacuum press is really nice.
Found the inserts at McMaster Carr, where did you learn of these inserts and how to install them?
Try searching on RUclips for heat-set inserts. You can get the tool on Amazon. There are also some adapters you can use on your soldering iron if you already have one. I’m not sure how they would do in epoxy. I think most use threaded inserts for that
how come when you put the leather on top of the knife there are no lines on the leather and when you take it out there are lines around the piece? did you re-vacuum ?
I marked stitch lines around the sheath with an awl off camera
You like the melt-in thread barrels?
I've never had good luck with them.
I prefer t-nuts.
A fairly fine router bit would have done the job on those cutting boards.
It's what I use because it's so fast it cools itself and the vacuum sucks up the mess.
15:20 Wait wait wait wait!
You didn't soak the leather or steam it?
You don't apply any heat to it?
How long do you wait?
Duuuude!
I did wet and case the leather before. No heat….I didn’t have any problems with the heat-set inserts. I wanted to try them to avoid putting a hole all the way through the bed….fewer places to lose vacuum. Thanks for the comments!
WOW! 16:30 ... it also makes a stitching lines 🙃
Hehe…yeah I actually mention that in my other video…I added those off camera
Very nicely done!
Do you sell these to crafters?
No not currently. The time may come but for now I’m just enjoying using in on my leather projects
To cut that thick polythene, you need a very coarse blade to clear the swarf, and slow cutting speeds to prevent melting.
What tool has slow enough cutting speed…bandsaw maybe?
Wet tile saw maybe?
Look for plastic-cutting router bits from Onsrud. They have very deep, aggressive flutes for chip ejection. It helps if you can also blow compressed air on the tool to clear the chips and keep the bit cool - easier to say when you use a CNC cutter, but you could probably rig a blower onto a handheld router.
1:55 Specs for silicone sheet? Please and thanks.
1/32 inches thick. Clear/transparent. Found mine on eBay. I don’t have the link as I bought it 3 years ago when I first started contemplating this build. I think mine was 18”x18”
@@wyomingwrightyou work just like me then 😂.
"I know I bought this for a reason, but that reason isn't ready to be made yet."
I have the parts for a propane burner set up for a foundry and forge that were bought years and months ago and are yet to be assembled.
Do you pre-treat the leather before vacuum moulding? Years ago I made beautiful breast and back plate of wax-boiled leather, had to form them y hand under running water.
Why do you need the pot?
You could go without. The pot helps you build up a stronger vacuum to quickly pull the air out of the press. It also provides a vacuum “reservoir” so you can have continual pull without running the pump, even if your press is not 100% air-tight. It makes it so you’re not having to constantly run the pump. Most vacuum presses have a tank of some kind for these reasons
How much will you charge to make one of those set ups, without the vacuum, just the table and the rest of the components
I haven’t thought that far ahead yet. I’m not sure it’s something I want to sell. I’d rather do leatherwork 😉
Watched it 2x speed 👍🏻
why not wood instead of the hard to cut cutting boards?
You probably could. I was worried about bulkiness, strength under vacuum, and also didn’t want to worry truing up the wood with the jointer/planer.
Next time put the board in the freezer before cutting . . . .
😳 Dude! That’s brilliant! Have you tried that?
@@wyomingwright Friend made fishing lures . . . 🙂
A little constructive criticism. There are way too many shots of you driving screws and drilling holes. We don't need to see every one
Noted...You should see how many I edited out...This project involved a lot of drilling holes, putting inserts in holes, and putting screws in inserts. Thank for the comment!
Might have been a good video if you talked as is not worth Watching
You should go watch the one where I talked. I made two…a talking version and a non talking version
@@wyomingwrightI watched both. 😜