VacuumForm [Post 1]

For the first part of the process, we had to make a few revisions to out egg-crate, as it was slightly oversized. However, this imperfection made the manipulation of the form that much easier. So when vacuum-forming each trial, we were able to remove and rearrange pieces with minimal headache.


Cut down eggcrate

One of the interesting things we found during the heating process was that the Pet-G would begin to sag and distort, then stap back to tension. We guessed this was probably do to uneven temperatures accross the surface of the plastic. It appears logical that warping would occur until surface equalibrium would allow for an even and consistant slump.


Initial distortion


Surface equalibrium


Begining of sag


Approximatly 3" sag depth