Post by okdoky on Feb 24, 2008 17:12:44 GMT -5
I am a very happy camper Made another fantastic purchase from my old high school that has moved to its brand new building and the old one has sold off most of its older, surplus kit.
Went in looking for the metalwork bench with vices that had been supposedly marked as sold to me and noticed that it had long gone. Turned around and saw this bit of kit all covered in sawdust and at first wondered what it was. all writing on it was obscured.
It's a Vacuum Former Model 917 Mk 2 by CR Clarke and Co (UK) Ltd and has a 430 x 225mm tray size and can form up to 150mm deep.
The sheets I will need are quite large but I have found out I can either make a reduction plate to form using smaller sheets of plasticard.
This is it shoe-horned in beside my new fume cupboard. I am a tadge worried about the radient heat that might be given off and how it might affect the fume cupboard perspex.
Any ideas as to roughly how far away anything should be from the radient heater? I have not yet tried it out but I know it all works.
I was also worried that there were no instructions supplied with the machine but was surprised to learn that CR Clarke still make and supply this size of machine, but now make them with a sliding heater panel and a timer/alarm to guage the timing of the heating process.
They also do a nifty wee video of each of their current formers and technical sheets showing how to make molds and how to use fac formed pieces in casting for resin molds.
I am a happy bunny,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, All this for a tenner!
:-H Nige :-)--<
