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Cut stencil before vacuum forming?

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I agree, I don't think so either. I have tried it. If you don't care about distortion of the stencil as it forms, then your good. A few that I did came out different then I expected but looked good. Some times a mistake turns out great. The only way you find out for yourself, give it a go.

Dale

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I'm actually doing this for my custom painted reel seats. So there might be scales or other types of background images that I would attempt to cut out. I can cut it out on vinyl ans apply it to the seat but I was thinking of something I could mold to a particular size reel seat for repeatability. 

 

Side note. Where does everyone get their stencil film from.?

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i personally use the plastic from gallon milk jugs or from plastic water containers , the kind you sit on your counter.  they are nice and square.  

how about a piece of large heat shrink tubing for the reel seat? that would mold to it and you could just make a slice down the back to remove it.

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