Big Epp 297 Posted April 7, 2021 Report Share I've never done any plastic stuff, but this looks like you made your own plastisol injector, am I right? Quote Link to comment
CNC Molds N Stuff 628 Posted April 8, 2021 Report Share 21 hours ago, Big Epp said: I've never done any plastic stuff, but this looks like you made your own plastisol injector, am I right? Yep. A couple of them. Not the first time. Years ago one of my customers bought a custom mold, and then said, "Hey. I don't have an injector that will fill that." I didn't have any either, and I was not really in the injector business so I made three, took all the best parts to make one, and sent that one to him. (After testing his mold.) I kept the other two for my own use for many years. Then a few weeks ago another one of my customers was whining and carrying on (for days) that he needed some more injectors and nobody had any for immediate shipment so I sold him the two old ones I had on the wall. Then I had to test some new big molds again, and I didn't have any injectors so I had to make a couple more. These are to big for regular use so I still need to make a couple more. I used these two to try working up a process and order of operations to be able to make them efficiently. I still have no plans to be in the injector business, but eventually I'd like to have a dozen smaller (6 ounce) injectors and half a dozen large injectors maybe a little smaller than these 15 ouncers for those days when I make up my next years supply of a particular bait. More molds is more efficient, but so is more injectors. That way you can fill all your molds before you have to stop to clean injectors. I never understood why more people don't make their own injectors or have them made locally. Anybody with a metal lathe can make one. The first one I made was on an el cheapo Harbor Freight 7x10 mini lathe. Quote Link to comment
Big Epp 297 Posted April 8, 2021 Report Share Huh, this is really cool! CNC machining is really interesting, and the skill-set to be able to manufacture this stuff in response to a need is really solid! Way cool man, way cool! Quote Link to comment
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