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Ever Need a 15mm Dome?
How About a .888" Dome?
Make 15mm domes
Make .888 inch domes
Tired Of Finding Nothing But “Even” Dimensions Of Small Domes?
1 inch? 2 inches? But Nothing Near What You Need?
Then You Need the Mighty Mini Globe-O-Former!
The Only Way To Make Those Impossible-to-Find Sizes
of Domes and Hemispheres.

Make domes to your specifications

and
With the Mighty Mini Globe-O-Former
you can also make small
ovoids, odd shapes, and “fishbowls”
 — in your home or workshop!

The Mighty-Mini Globe-O-Former is a special-purpose vacuum forming table that works similarly to a traditional one. The difference is that you are forming heated plastic into a hole.
— A hole that you make to your specifications.

Here's how you can make small domes
to your specifications with the Mighty-Mini Globe-O-Former
(a special-purpose vacuum forming table)

Make small plastic hemisphers and domes in your home or workshowp

 


How to Cut a Plate

There are many ways to make circular holes and other shapes on a plate. The Mighty-Mini Globe-O-Former comes with 10 plates for you to make a variety of domes, hemisphers and odd shaped openings.

For circular holes a small compass is best.

Substitute a second point for the pencil lead.

Divide your circle in half and set the compass points to that dimension.

Slowly scribe into the plastic.

Carefully work the scribe cut with a #11 blade — a dull one. Cutting with the back of the blade is best. making a circular hole as a pattern for your small plastic dome
making a circular hole as a pattern for your small plastic dome Using a straightedge, cut a cross into the circle, taking care not to disturb the circular cut.
Use the #11 blade as a drill to open
the center hole. You now have 4 wedges.
making a circular hole as a pattern for your small plastic dome
making a circular hole as a pattern for your small plastic dome Push the wedges through.
Finish the edges of the hole.


 

Here is a Real World Example

Stargazer's 1:288 scale Dark Star Click on this photo for a close-up Stargazer's 1:288 scale Dark Star needs a 15 millimeter diameter dome.
We cut three 15mm holes in a plate.
After a quick vacuum forming session
we had three 15mm domes.

Click on this photo for a close up.

Click on this photo for a close up of Stargazer's 1:288 scale Dark Star and its 15mm domes. Click on this photo for a close-up
15mm clear plastic dome for Stargazer's 1:288 scale Dark Star Here is the 15mm dome — cut and placed into position.

It is ready to be finished and glued down.

Click on this photo for a close up. Click on this photo for a close up of Stargazer's 1:288 scale Dark Star and its 15mm domes


The Mighty-Mini Globe-O-Former is
also a traditional Vacuum Forming Table!

The Mighty-Mini Globe-O-Former comes with two interchangeable table tops. One top makes hemispherical shapes, the other top makes the Mighty-Mini Globe-O-Former a vacuum forming table with a hobby-sized working area of 2¾"X6"


The Mighty Mini Globe-O-Former is ready to use right out of the box — it is not a kit!

 

make small, unusual sizes of domes to YOUR  exact > specifications

You get

  • a vacuum forming table
  • 10 plates to make dome base openings to your specifications
  • 20 pieces of thin (.015") clear plastic
  • 8 pieces of thin (.020") white styrene
  • 8 pieces of thicker (.030") white styrene
  • illustrated instructions
  • a table insert that converts the
    Mighty Mini Globe-O-Former into a traditional
    vacuum forming table with a hobby-sized working area of 2¾"x6"

$179.00
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