RAYITE and Routers !!
Posted by
garfield@x...
on 1999-05-09 12:55:38 UTC
As previously promised, here's a blurb on a unique US Gypsum
castable/machinable medium that's plaster-like (read, inexpensive), BUT
instead of machining off in a dust/powder as you'd expect with plaster,
it forms actual/real CHIPS/swarf and can be cleaned up easily. It also
gives nice sharp feature definition post-cut and is easy on cutters,
unlike ordinary plaster.
I see the supplier I got my sample from isn't there anymore, so I have
to track down another for a price. I'll get back to ya on that.
*Rayite 100*
"This gypsum product offers an efficient
means of producing prototypes,
moulds and models. Easy
water:powder mixing and close 'cast to
size' aspects makes less waste than
other methods. High edge definition,
non-hazardous shavings, low cutter
wear. Mix it, Cast it, Machine it."
[note the last sentence, eh?]
Rayite MDM (the "MDM" stands for "model duplicating media")
which is highly touted by the professor emeritus corporation of auto
body styling and contour modelling, Chavant, Inc. :
http://chavant.com/files/t_index.htm
and take a look at the articles on model and pattern making with Rayite.
Although based on the same chemistry, Rayite 100 and the "MDM" product
are distinctly different materials targeted for diff. usage, but I
figured BOTH might be of interest to the group.
Gar
castable/machinable medium that's plaster-like (read, inexpensive), BUT
instead of machining off in a dust/powder as you'd expect with plaster,
it forms actual/real CHIPS/swarf and can be cleaned up easily. It also
gives nice sharp feature definition post-cut and is easy on cutters,
unlike ordinary plaster.
I see the supplier I got my sample from isn't there anymore, so I have
to track down another for a price. I'll get back to ya on that.
*Rayite 100*
"This gypsum product offers an efficient
means of producing prototypes,
moulds and models. Easy
water:powder mixing and close 'cast to
size' aspects makes less waste than
other methods. High edge definition,
non-hazardous shavings, low cutter
wear. Mix it, Cast it, Machine it."
[note the last sentence, eh?]
Rayite MDM (the "MDM" stands for "model duplicating media")
which is highly touted by the professor emeritus corporation of auto
body styling and contour modelling, Chavant, Inc. :
http://chavant.com/files/t_index.htm
and take a look at the articles on model and pattern making with Rayite.
Although based on the same chemistry, Rayite 100 and the "MDM" product
are distinctly different materials targeted for diff. usage, but I
figured BOTH might be of interest to the group.
Gar