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25-06-2012, 10:02 PM | #1 | ||
I am Batman
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Bit of a long shot but does anyone on the forum have experience with plastic molds or the making of copy parts?
I want to copy a few pieces of trim but talor them what i want whilst usingthe stock mounting. I think vacuum forming might be the way to go. Anyone able to help? |
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26-06-2012, 08:40 AM | #2 | ||
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Location: Country Vic
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Hey.
PM me exactly what you want to do,i have 30 + years with Injection Moulding. Cheers |
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26-06-2012, 08:44 AM | #3 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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I have made a simple home made mold and copied some rubber parts, but not plastic.
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26-06-2012, 09:05 AM | #4 | |||
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26-06-2012, 09:10 AM | #5 | ||
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I remember seeing an item in an old car magazine about restoring vehicles of different eras, and how the restorer company was saying it sometimes had to give heart-attack-scale quotes to some people who brought in newer cars (by "newer" I mean 1980's) because of the level of plastic mouldings.
The quote that sticks was "What a man made, a man can fix or recreate...what a massive plastics factory and huge injection moulding facilities made, well, that's another story..." |
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