Definitive Stoormtrooper Armor How To Website: Building a Vacuumform table - http://www.studiocreations.com/stormtrooper/vacuumtable/index.html
Simple design using shop-vac, wooden table and kitchen oven.

Build a Vacuum Form Table by Ralis Kahn - http://www.halloweenfear.com/vacuumformintro.html
A mostly self-contained unit using a table-top electric grill and a shop-vac.

Hobby-Vac Construction Plans – http://www.build-stuff.com/1001plans.htm
The 12x18” design is claimed to have a vacuum 5x more powerful than a Shop-Vac, and has a built in heating element.

Buy a ready-made Vacuum Forming Table - http://www.warmplastic.com
These tables are designed with miniature model-builders and candy-makers in mind. Make sure to check the size of the plastic frame you order against the size of your oven’s interior. Their pre-cut plastic is expensive; we recommend you buy it locally.

Definitive Stoormtrooper Armor How To Website: Vacuumforming  - http://www.studiocreations.com/stormtrooper/vacuumforming/index.html

Vacuumforming a helmet - http://dariusdomain.com/orcs/helms/helms2.htm <-- Really beautiful work!

Laird Plastics -  www.lairdplastics.com
2718 SE Raymond, Portland, OR 97202 – Wholesale and retail plastic pricing. Buy by the 4x8’ sheet or have cut to size. Call or fax order ahead to receive wholesale pricing. <-- Other USA locations

Grainger - www.grainger.com
6335 N BASIN AVE PORTLAND, OR 97217 – High powered vacuum motors. Two Ametek 4M896 7.7 amp ($55 ea.) motors were used in our machine. <-- Other USA locations

Georgies Ceramic Supply - www.georgies.com
756 NE Lombard, Portland OR 97211 – Local source for 110v electric kiln elements

Acme Scenic & Display, Portland, OR -  http://www.acmescenic.com/vacufrm.htm

Vacuform Services from Stiegelbauer Associates, NY - http://www.panix.com/~jviii/pclients/stgvform.html
Specializes in full-scale brick and stonewall textures and other architectural pieces.

• Do-It-Yourself Vacuum Forming, by Douglas E. Walsh.
• Secrets of Building a Plastic Vacuum Forming Machine, by Vincent Gingery.
• Hobby-Vac Construction Plans, by Douglas E. Walsh.
• Proto-Form Construction Plans, by Douglas E. Walsh.

All of the books listed here can be ordered online from http://www.castcraft.com