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Re: plastic forming

In message <> Dave Storrs <> writes:
> Is there any reasonable (i.e., not too expensive, not too time-consuming)
> way for a hobbyist to produce complex forms in plastic?  Specifically, I'm
> thinking about things like ergonomic shells for input devices.  
> 
  Sure,

You can build your own vacuformer (as I did).

  As an example have a look at:
http://home.flash.net/~jimbob1/art09.htm
Or at my own resource's home-page:
http://www.robots.ox.ac.uk/~wmayol/resources/nacipobre/index.html

  The plastic material is styrene which you can find in your local hoby store,
it cost about 1pound per slice (1.5USD).

   Vacuforming is certainly useful for interface prototyping, e.g. 
the patent-pending WearClam:
   www.robots.ox.ac.uk/~wmayol/WeraClam

Please NOTE: the wearclam was manufactured in a professional vacuformer at my
undergraduate university UNAM.

Hope it helps,

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