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Old 25-06-2012, 10:02 PM   #1
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Default Plastic molds

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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Old 26-06-2012, 08:40 AM   #2
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Hey.
PM me exactly what you want to do,i have 30 + years with Injection Moulding.
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Old 26-06-2012, 08:44 AM   #3
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I have made a simple home made mold and copied some rubber parts, but not plastic.
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Old 26-06-2012, 09:05 AM   #4
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PM me exactly what you want to do,i have 30 + years with Injection Moulding.
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Old 26-06-2012, 09:10 AM   #5
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Default Re: Plastic molds

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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