Return of the Vac-U-Form!

[Clipper1701]

When I think back on the"toys" we had! In my last move I sadly gave away my gas furnace and molds for making lead soldiers. I remember going to gas stations to collect used wheel weights to melt down and pour. Dangerous but fun!! How did we survive?

[Bligh]

In spite of having a workshop at home with almost everything I used to have at work, there are several things that I miss. One is a Milling Machine, but most of all I miss not having an injection moulding machine and a Vac-former.
This thread has reawakened an interest lying dormant for ten years.
Rob.

[csadn]

When I think back on the"toys" we had! In my last move I sadly gave away my gas furnace and molds for making lead soldiers. I remember going to gas stations to collect used wheel weights to melt down and pour. Dangerous but fun!! How did we survive?

Jeff Foxworthy talked about this: "We had a 900-lb. TV on a TV tray; the rule was 'Let him pull it onto his head a few times -- he'll learn'. 'Oh, you want to put that penny in the light socket, you go on ahead and do that. *OH*, that hurt like hell, didn't it? Don't do that no more.'"

[Kentop]

When I think back on the"toys" we had! In my last move I sadly gave away my gas furnace and molds for making lead soldiers. I remember going to gas stations to collect used wheel weights to melt down and pour. Dangerous but fun!! How did we survive?

I had a lot of playmates when I was young with nick-names like "Stumpy". We survived, but a lot didn't without being maimed or scarred for life. It's better now. I shudder to think what my grandchild would do with such things. I guess I would just name him "stumps".