Benny
The machine in the Vid was not made by me and is a commercial one I was considering buying (£2500), the mold being used is mine though.
I ended up with an offer of an real Vacuum Pump which got me thinking about making my own machine. This I did over the xmas break. Only issues I had was with the heating. After wasting a lot of material at nearly £1 a sheet, I managed to get the heating right, by buying fancy ceramic heaters (2.8kW)
This job would not have been possible with a vacuum cleaner! The pump I use pulls 29"Hg into a 25l tank in just under a minute. My machine pulls the plastic down instantly.
As for landing the "job"? Well I been a DEVO fan for nearly 30 yrs, and turned up some fancy earrings for the wife to wear during their Euro Tour last year, and they got noticed! I was already fortunate to of been in the "in crowd" already having been a fan for so long.
http://www.devo-obsesso.com/html/news_pgs/europe_07/brighton/wayne.html For pictures, The little brass "naughty" pinback badge I made WAS machined with Mach.
There's a few more things I'm doing for them
Wayne.....