Vacuum forming is perhaps one of the less popular tools in the modern maker arsenal, something which surprises us a bit because it offers many possibilities. We’ve created our own vacuum forms on 3D ...

3D printing isn’t just a hobby for me. I’ve been using it for years to make useful tools and custom accessories that manufacturers often don’t sell or have discontinued. I’ve printed out more geegaws ...

Vacuum forming is a handy thing to be able to do, and [3DSage] demonstrates how to do a bare-bones system that can form anything smaller than a dinner plate with little more than a 3D printed fitting ...

Improvements: diagram of the 3D-printed peristaltic vacuum pump showing the pair of notches and a close-up of one of the rollers. (Courtesy: Luis Fernando Velásquez-García et al) A tiny 3D-printed ...