Vacuum Forming Machine open source project

[openforming]

Hi CNC Zone

We are a group building an open source vacuum forming machine. We would love to get feedback on our project, and our design, both positive and especially negative.



See more on our project page: open-forming - Open Source Hardware Vacuum Forming machine - Google Project Hosting

The design is more advanced than the typical vacuum forming machines, but we think a more complete machine could be useful for semi-professionals, not wanting to invest several thousands in a commercial machine. We plan to make it semi-automatic, controlled by a arduino microcontroller.

We hope that contributers can help us simplify, refine and extend our machine, to make it cheaper to construct and even more useful. We have some specific challenges on our page, if you want to help: http://code.google.com/p/open-forming/wiki/Challenges.

We are still constructing our first prototype and finishing the CAD-drawings, but they will hopefully soon be ready to be published.

The project is licensed under the Open Source Hardware License, so you are free to create, or even mass-produce the design.

Thanks for your time
Open Forming Project Group