Plastic vacuum models

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

You know most butchers have vacuum sealing devices, perhaps you should borrow one?

[fateeore]

You know most butchers have vacuum sealing devices, perhaps you should borrow one?

What does he need a butcher for?

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Well, sausages, steaks, chops, and all round meaty goodness.
And if you don't want to eat your butcher, you can always use them as a doorstop!

[fateeore]

Thank you for the explanation.

I feared it would be something odd.

[Fenton]

All the butchers near me have closed down due to a massive Tesco's and Sainsburys nearby

[fsn]

And anyway as man of the house she should obey you, and do your bidding  !!!! 

And people think I'm crazy.

[get2grips]

And people think I'm crazy.

You are...there isn't a finite amount of madness in the world.

[Ithoriel]

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein

[get2grips]

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein

What does he know???

[Techno]

All the butchers near me have closed down due to a massive Tesco's and Sainsburys nearby

I am NOT massive !!!.....Oh, sorry.... TESCO'S.
I was wondering what on Earth I had to do with Sainsbury's.....They don't sell wee soldiers now, do they ?

Cheers - Phil (Obviously, currently orbiting a different planet at the moment !)

[Hertsblue]

I am NOT massive !!!.....Oh, sorry.... TESCO'S.
I was wondering what on Earth I had to do with Sainsbury's.....They don't sell wee soldiers now, do they ?

Cheers - Phil (Obviously, currently orbiting a different planet at the moment !)

Are you geostationary? 

[fsn]

Strangely enough as a man without a life and unable to get out much, I spend quite a bit of time cogitating. I know nothing about vacuum moulding, but I wonder if you raise the master a little above the holey board, say on tiny legs, it would improve air flow and so make for a better product?

[Techno]

Are you geostationary? 

I think the word is eccentric, Ray.
Cheers - Phil

[Nouseforausername]

Gosh. this sounds like quite a project (sorry for coming late to the party!)

My secondary school became a 'tech status' school a couple of years before we left, which meant we got a load of gadgets that the teachers had no idea how to use (see interactive whiteboard for a full explanation.) One of the useful gadgets that we had was a plastic vacuum machine, which was used in tech class to make moulds of things (duh.) It was quite a cool machine. From what I remember, the sheet of heated plastic was lowered from above (if you swing it over from the side it may billow out from air resisitance.) The 'board that the air was sucked through was little more than a wire mesh, which provided enough airflow to pull on the plastic and get a tight form around the object you were moulding.

I always looked at it and thought how useful it would be to create some 'rocky outcrops' or even mountains by just grabbing a load of stones and arranging them in a pile before vacuuming the plastic over the top. Lightweight, easy to handle and paint, and probably very stisfying results once painted up and flocked! (sadly I never got round to asking about the use of it for a few quid. dayum!)

Good luck with the project! I would love to see the results!

Nouseforaname

[Orcs]

And people think I'm crazy.

I'm not crazy - My mother had me tested !   I just live on a different planet.