Vacuum Forming

After returning to the laser cutter we re-did the moulds with more success than the first time... 

Today we finished the wooden moulds for our bottle stand and pill packet. Using the Vacuum forming machine we made plastic negatives of the mould:

The pill packet was successful as the plastic could be formed around each letterform and removed from the mould relatively easily

The bottle stand didn't work quite as well because it was impossible for the plastic to be sucked horizontally so the logo didn't come out as well as we'd hoped, apart from this the rest of the mould worked well:

Due to the shape of the mould it was very difficult to remove it from the plastic.

In the future we know what is possible to achieve with vacuum forming and will design around these restraints.