Friday, December 9, 2011

Introduce Plastic Injection Molding (PIM) into a classroom/shop?

Really cool kit at www.techkits.com

I wonder if a low melt plastic could be molded into a mold that was 3D printed in a higher melt temperature plastic?
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  1. AnonymousApril 3, 2012 at 3:45 AM

    Sure why not. There are a lot of rubbers out there.

    Here's a video that talks about different types of RTV mold rubbers... mold http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRwnMIbHQqA

    In your case you already would have a mold and would be using the RTV material to create your cast from.

    You could also do a resin cast in you 3d printed mold http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP1Nij-elyQ

    I hope you post what you make.

    Regards, John Vukelic

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  2. DoncrushApril 3, 2012 at 4:01 AM

    The rtv would be ok but resin would be better. Also in Making things move book she mentions some castable products that I want to try. Just need a printer first.

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