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Female vacforming mould question


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The proper material is an acrylic resin mixed with aluminium powder to dissipate the heat; But for small items plaster will do, and you can do it at home using the vacuum cleaner.

Unless you are asking about the material for the master? Here you can use anything you have access to, depending also on the tools you have. I've used all sorts of wood (even balsa) finished with cyano glue or varnish, styrene, resin...

Carlos

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Thanks for the fast and helpful replies. I'll go and see them tomorrow with Chocolate hobnobs in hand to get something set up.

As I work with machine tools I'm getting the master spun up in mild steel, brilliant but rather heavy for the model's undercarriage....

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