I'm hopping on the flexvat bandwagon

[HTL]

Here's my flexvat (more details in the usual place: )

[AndersonTa]

Wow! Really great work here! Probably the best looking flexvat I've seen.

Looking forward to hearing about your results!

[Hugues]

I'm interested to know more too, would like to build one myself. If ever you want to share/sell your CAD drawings, please let me know.

[Guest2003]

Hi HTL,

Very nice work, I just saw your blog post.

The silicone gasket is like the ones to make resin parts? (could you share any reference)

Waiting weekend test results

[HTL]

The results are in. Flexvat wins hands down.

Writeup:

[hp_]

hi HTL,

great to see you're also trying out the pillow/flex vat approach and having such great results.

i've been using the pillow vat now for some time and its clear to me.. i don't want to use anything else

cheers,
hp

[sodium]

hi, i have read your post about the flexvat in your homepage and i dont quite understand or see the construction of the vat at all.
Can you post some quick schematics about the construction like this? its so easy to understand.

i think its from an user of this forum an

Thanks, and great job !

[HTL]

diagram of flexvat

[sodium]

hi,

now its clear as water . very clever desing. i have a few aluminium L shapes and 10 mm pvc panel to work with.

thanks for share !

[Hugues]

Thanks a lot for the drawing above, very clear, I'm planning to build one.
Please allow me one question:

You are not supporting the FEP film with a glass plate. Any specific reason for this ? Wouldn't it make it easier to avoid bulging of FEP film under the weight of the resin ?

(I'm completely newbie to this)