Re: Small Injection molding unit?

Hi Robin,

Check this guy out, he has gone to the other extreme from Gingery!

http://www.users.qwest.net/~kmaxon/page/home.html

Click on "Mold Machine" - he also has a good article on mold design for
beginners.

Hope this helps

Gary

> Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 16:48:14 -0000
> From: "Robin S." <lasernerd@...>
> Subject: Re: Small Injection molding unit?
>
> Dan,
>
> Does this book go into mold making at all? I'm going into tool and
> die next year at college, and will probably apprentice as a mold
> maker - but damnit, I want to know _now_! :)
>
> I'm not looking for a $15 book that tells me how to make BMW bumper
> molds, but I would like to be able to do short-run productions,
> perhaps just as a little *business* between us hobbyists.
>
> Also, could the machine described in this book be automated (using
> hydraulics/pneumatics and PLC's)?
>
> Thanks for any insight.
>
> Regards,
>
> Robin
>
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., dan.eaton@c... wrote:
> >
> > I just updated my web site with more and better pictures of the
> > plastic injection molding machine I built. It might give interested
> > people a better idea of the machine.
> >
> > Dan Eaton (Saint Louis, MO)