tks
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| posted on 27/9/07 at 08:47 AM |
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DIY Plastic
Is there any product out there sow that one can make a mold and cast some plastic bits?
Tks
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GeoffT
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| posted on 27/9/07 at 08:59 AM |
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This stuff:-
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=35511&TabID=1&source=2&doy=8m1
....is reckoned to be pretty good, only up to 62C though
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Bigheppy
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| posted on 27/9/07 at 09:04 AM |
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moulding plastic
Lots of the same stuff on ebay
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Polymorph-Thermoplastic-Moulding-Compound-250g_W0QQitemZ220137682992QQihZ012QQcategoryZ75576QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewIte
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tks
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| posted on 27/9/07 at 09:06 AM |
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would it be cast-able?
62degrees = far enough...
Tks
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Peteff
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| posted on 27/9/07 at 09:07 AM |
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Morph-Plast is moldable plastic, I've made knobs and buttons with it. There are also modelling clays like Fimo and Sculpy
that you bake in the oven after you've shaped them. Faber make Fimo so it should be pretty
widely available. It depends how big the parts are that you want to make.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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BenB
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| posted on 27/9/07 at 09:07 AM |
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If you go onto the CFS website they've got various casting resins and mould making solutions
http://www.cfsnet.co.uk/
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tks
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| posted on 27/9/07 at 09:12 AM |
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i want to make some kind of PDA kind housing.
to put in a 2x16char display in and a small print. Sow ideally its some kind of thing wich i later can drill put 4 screws in the body and job done
Tks
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tks
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| posted on 27/9/07 at 09:16 AM |
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brought 2 times the ebay item,
we shall see hope they want to ship it to me!
Tks
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smart51
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| posted on 27/9/07 at 09:28 AM |
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Polymorph turns into a plasticine type dough at 62° and can be mouled by hand but not poured. Polyester casting resin (resin C) can be poured into a
mould. fibreglass suppliers will sell it.
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tks
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| posted on 27/9/07 at 09:33 AM |
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You are right, but i don't have any type of mould yet. also he didn't sold it me yet.
Tks
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ditchlewis
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| posted on 27/9/07 at 09:39 AM |
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I think that you want to use Resin.
In the model world the cost of tooling up for a injected plastic kit is huge. small manufacturers use resin as a low cost alternative. make a copy of
what you want in say balsa (easy to use) and than use a rubber compound to make the mould and then cast the final shape in resin
ditch
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BenB
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| posted on 27/9/07 at 11:55 AM |
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You might want to look @
http://www.resincasting.co.uk/
for stuff about mould making and resin casting. CFS might not be the cheapest suppliers but they do good delivery times and they've got the
stuff in stock!!
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BenB
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| posted on 27/9/07 at 12:09 PM |
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Also
http://www.cfsnet.co.uk/Web_FibreglassGuide.pdf
gives some info re casting various objects....
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