paper tape trays

On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Gene Buckle <geneb at deltasoft.com> wrote: Indeed. We have a 2'x3' sign-making vacuformer at our hackerspace. I think the stock on hand is colored polystyrene - rather thin, but it conforms well. I was thinking about making a form out of 6mm hardboard. The thing that will take the longest is drilling lots of tiny holes in the base to get a good pull. One thought is to make a form that has no base and looks a little like this... TTTTTT Where the backstop is one piece as wide as necessary (probably around 8") and each "leaf" is long enough to hold a stack of fanfold tape with some protective gap (around 10" IIRC). That would take a few minutes to cobble up. There's room on the table for at least 4 of these in one pull (you have to do a full sheet at a time or the vacuum doesn't work - it's a simple machine with no way to block or divert the air for a partial sheet, or to clamp a partial sheet in the carriage) -ethan