plastic casting. How?
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plastic casting. How?
What are the materials needed costs involved and time needed for making custom plastic pieces?
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Re: plastic casting. How?
As far as I know, it depends a lot on what method is used (e.g. thermoforming, extrusion, injection molding), how complex the shape is, which actual material you're using, and how many you want to make. Probably the only way to get a reliable quote is to talk to a company that does it. There is a company, eMachineShop, with some basic design software that gives instant quotes, but I don't know how their prices compare to others.
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Re: plastic casting. How?
do you know there is a company that made custom cases for the atari jaguar; so, anything is possible.
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Re: plastic casting. How?
Search for vacuum forming at the Ben Heckendorn forums. A few guys there have experience doing that. http://forums.benheck.com/
