Cheap DIY Vacuum Formed Homemade Plastic Parts

[Jdog]

I recently found this instructable (sorry about all the treehugging crap)
http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-Potato-Plastic!/
or if you want try the better, more dangerous way, this
http://www.instructables.com/id/Starch_Plastic_20_Pressure_Cooker_Hacking/
I thought it would go great with this video to make a cheap homemade vacuum formed base or part made out of plastic.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1251365/make_a_vacuum_former/

This would be cool for a lightweight part. Just make it out of wood or something else, use the vacuum former to make a mold and pour the plastic into the mold. I haven't tried this yet because I have been to busy with other projects, and school, but I plan to. If you have tried this let me know how it goes, and as will I when I get around to it. The only thing I would change about the vacuum former is make a better, reusable way to change sheets of polystyrene (maybe a bunch of camps or something like that).

[Joker94]

Thats brilliant for hobbyists to create light weight parts. and it is cheap to

[Brandon121233]

ha you found my other 2 instructables

[SmAsH]

wow, those instuctables are great brandon! excellent work... i might try them sometime

[Truckstop]

That is awesome, you can also do something similar with a solder pot and pam cooking spray,