Here’s a cheap and easy to build vacuum forming table that you can easily put-away when you’re not using it!
There are plenty of plans out there for vacuum forming tables, but most of them are built assuming that you have room in your shop to store it. Of course, a stable, non-storable table will probably give better results, but what if you live in a small house and don’t have room to dedicate to a vacuum table?
You can build something like this vacuum forming table described on Instructables. It’s made out of inexpensive easy-to-obtain materials like window screen frames and uses a normal household vacuum cleaner to draw the plastic around the mold. Actually, I have a Shark vacuum just like he’s using in the photos, and I can tell you that the thing is definitely more powerful than it looks! It’s all motor in there and will lift a bowling ball with the suction.
Anyway, besides the low cost and ease of assembly, the vacuum forming table can be broken-down and stored easily which is perfect for anyone with limited space or who just needs to form something once in a while.
