Hobby Injection Molding

[PaintballSpecialOps]

WOW I learned so much from that

[molceonly]

nice work... more vids please!

[gigi172]

how big stuff can you make with this? say its 1 piece at a time

[hubcit]

Golf tees have already been invented and are in abundant supply. So I take it you are going to invent something else and make it at home?

[radiootoo]

Found the AB website and it looks good. We can make molds from bronze, yes?

[okayillgonow]

That is too fucking awesome. How much was the cost to make this machine?

[Plasticmad1]

Thanks very much for the reply. Will be contacting some suppliers this side of the pond to see what I can find. Might be easier than getting one made to spec. Once again thanks.

[Plasticmad1]

A very well made machine. Did you use a nozzle from a commercial machine to make your "barrel"? Is there any insulation between it and the plate holding it or does that get hot too? Thanks.

[dklow2002]

@Plasticmad1 The nozzle is a standard injection molding machine nozzle from PPE.

The nozzle is not insulated. It is threaded onto the steel plate which is in contact with the aluminum machine housing. The aluminum housing helps dissipate the heat from injection unit.

[paulofpings]

wow - that must work out so much cheaper than buying regular ready made golfing T's

[jeetendrag10]

thats a really nice little machine

[TCCindustries]

I working on a material good for low pressure molding. I believe your process would work. I might need your help to build one for my use.

[jwp705]

how do i get info on building one?

[telesniper2]

How powerful is that pneumatic cylinder on there?

[cjmitz]

how do you do the metalwork?

[pat60606]

Ehy,

Where do you get the raw plastic pellets,

can you tell us your supplier...

Tks

[dklow2002]

I use natural PP and powder pigments.

I had the PP pellets on hand, I bought the pigments from Industrial arts supply.

Thx

[pat60606]

Whats PP??

Do you know where to get em...a website or store or anything....!

[ZennTwex]

@pat60606 PP is Polyprophylen. ;)

[djshu]

@ZennTwex polypropylene

[quangfjs]

im interesting to buy your machine, please let me know

[propfx]

Hello, i would be interesting in buy your machine too or can you tell vere I can find one for sale?

Thanks

[van8000]

Could you please tell me where I can buy a plastic modling machine about this size? What you did there is just blow my mind. Really really appreciate if you can help. Thanks

[dklow2002]

Do a web search for tabletop molding machine or hobby molder. There is an Industrial Arts supply company, can't remember their web site, that sells machines similar to the one that I made.

Thanks

[120mar12]

nice

[heydanno777]

Awesome!!!

[darknessvalley]

Awesome! If you could post a webpage with plans of how to build it, or even a clearer more well-lighted version of the video which shows more clear upclose shots of each event as it occurs with a bit of narration or captions, that'd be awesome! I'm collecting ideas for making a 7-inch-PVC-disc compression molding machine at home, a big undertaking due to large size of product (records), would love to borrow ideas from yours (have the Gingery book).

[roninoneone]

Could you please send me some plans of this machine on my e-mail? :)

[tommiecosmo]

My grandfather build one 45 years ago.

And i still in the bussines

Egmondir

[Yakshinian]

do you have any plans or guides for how to build one? Or perhaps an upcoming video tutorial? ;)

[helium4amc]

That is a very impressive machine! Did you work from a publicly available plan or is it your own design?

[dklow2002]

I combined design elements from a couple of different machines.

[basilenglish]

How many can you put out an hour, if you had to work flat out? My son said thre's a guy injection moulding in his garage making $15000 a week by himself, it really sounds like a lucrative business to get into!

[basilenglish]

is this a bought or home made machine

[dklow2002]

Homemade.

[basilenglish]

what polymers are you using and how are you melting the polymers, do you have some sort of extruder?

[dklow2002]

I usually use PolyPropylene because you do not have to dry it.

The material melts in the heated barrel which has a heaterband wrapped around it. The black box on the side of the machine is the proportional controller ( No thermocouple)for the heaterband.

[basilenglish]

So are you putting clear plus color chips?

Does the color change a bit each time you make them? What is the melting point, around 190 degrees for these chips?

Just asking as i used to work for a polyprop yarn manufacturer years ago, and the old brain is rusty as ever?? Sorry about all the questions mate i just want to start this as a hobby too

[09ShaveMi]

what material is the actual mold made out of?

[dklow2002]

The mold is made out of aluminum and the core pin is brass.

[wweeccoo]

Please make another one explaining the process as it occurs. Thanks. Very neat.

[bobert1112]

interesting vid, thx for sharing