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    Default New Bench top injection molder

    I'll be making some molds for a new bench top injection molder in the coming weeks. Let me know if your interested in having some molds made by a professional mold making firm. You can find the machines at http://www.injectionmolder.net

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    $1500 is a bit to steep in price.



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    The price may be steep if you only want to make one or two hobby parts, but dirt cheap compared to having an injection mold shop doing it for you. And most shops generally don't want to bother with small personal jobs.



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    i can get a emco machine on egay for a third of the price



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    Quote Originally Posted by bobert View Post
    i can get a emco machine on egay for a third of the price
    Do you have any experience with those? I'd love to hear how well they work.

    -Jeff



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    I called one of the "hand-crank" injector manufacturers, and he says he hasn't yet tested his machine with ABS.

    I'm sending him some triple-five ABS samples for him to try, and I'll report back with the results.

    ---Will



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    'egay' as you put it is one of the best things since whole-loaf homemade rye bread.

    Good luck making a decent mold if you are combative on a web forum, and apparently dont even have a mill.. Checkout www.protomold.com to see what i mean... I dare you to make molds to create parts like that with your 'emco'

    Alot of people think they can do things untill they give it a shot.. Then it becomes 'i coulda done it, if...'

    I know this, I am on both sides of that one.


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    i can get a emco machine on egay for a third of the price


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    foot in mouth mode 'ON'.

    I see. emco makes similar benchtop machines. I was trying to picture a guy with a $500 ebay ENCO milling machine trying to cut a decent IJ mold in aluminum!

    Carry on without my useless 'injections'

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    Default Injection molding

    I wanted to ask some of the experts here a few questions...
    I want to manufacture some custom headphone audio cords with overmolded standard mini-jack ends..basically Im looking for something I can feed wire into and press down to overmold plastic over it. There is also a "Y" (that goes around your head...like a headphone cord).
    overmolding is a must for the units Im trying to make.

    Will these small bench top machines work for this purpose?
    Who has the lowest priced bechtop injection mold machines?

    Thanks
    Andre



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    Default Benchtop Injection Molder

    Hey Guys,

    I don't know if you guy's are interested but, I have been having some success using my benchtop injector. I have spent a few months building the machine. I have only tested it with EM900 thermo - plastic which seems to work fine, that is another name for hot glue. It has a lower melting temperature and higher flow rate. The question i have for this forum is, do you guys know where i can find resin, in small quantities. Anything less then 20 pounds. I would like to test my machines capabilities. I can post my results. Also, I am offering to sell my machine for 485.00 if anyone is interested. If you guys want to see some pictures, please feel free to take a look at my site. http://www.backyardengineer.com . I will post my results with ABS plastic this weekend. I will just buy some from homedepot and chop it down. Thanks

    Kevin Regan



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