[James] builds all sorts of robots and superhero costume replicas at home, so he is always searching for a better way to get consistent results when using his vacuum table. A lot of people use ...

If you’ve never flushed your hot water heater, or haven’t done it in years, you could be in for a nasty surprise—in the form of sediment ... to attach your shop vacuum to 3/4-inch pipe.

There is, however, a production method for building one-off plastic components that is easily within reach of any hot rodder: vacuum forming. Unlike other plastic forming processes, such as ...

Vacuum forming is used to make plastic housing or ... Once that's in place, you can turn on the heaters and slide them over the plastic sheet. At first the plastic will warp as it warms, then ...