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Originally Posted by RC-trix
Paul, a while back I had the chance to visit a professional vac-forming facility (in the Netherlands), and for low-volume work, they use plywood moulds with a few aeration holes.
They gave me a quote back then of about 50-80€ for a one fifth body.
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I'm assuming that is when you supply the mould?
If that inc. making the mould then I'm really interested, as a nice wooden mould still takes quite a bit of effort to make and machining services don't come cheap usually
Edit: I've spoken to the someone in the workshop at the university, and he expects that as long as it's coated, the PU foam should hold nicely. I also found a company who states on their website they often use PU foam (CNC machined) for their vacuum forming moulds. So now I'm on the lookout to find a nice coating for it that doesn't melt or become sticky and soft when the polycarbonate is pulled over the mould.