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12 Plastic Plates

Discussion in 'PhlatFORMER General Chat' started by Hankado, May 2, 2010.

  1. Hankado

    Hankado New Member

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    Would it be possible to use a 12" plastic plate if a mod was made to fit the plate in the platformer?

    I was thinking about this today as many of the inital pulls are just test and not a final one.

    Just did not want to waist all my testing on the good styrene.
     
    Hankado, May 2, 2010
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    3DMON Moderator Staff Member

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    A plate would melt and form just fine. I would like to see a mod to be able to use them.
    Do you have any ideas on how to do the mod?
     
    3DMON, May 2, 2010
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  3. Hankado

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    I was thinking of some thin cork board 12x12 that would fit in the phlatformer frame , cut out a circle on each then take the 2 pieces of cork with the plate and sandwich it in them middle. Not sure if it would be strong enough.
     
    Hankado, May 2, 2010
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    Not sure it it would be strong enough either, but if it would work it would sure make for a great prototype material. I'll have to play around with this idea too.
     
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    Since the phlatformer doesn't "flip" the media the way a lot of other vacu-formers do, I would think it would be pretty easy to work up a replacement for the "heat shield" that would grip the plate.
     
    ttraband, May 3, 2010
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