DIY Plastics, for restoring old synths

[Mike McCaughey]

A useful book on this is "How to Cast Small Metal and Rubber Parts", W. A. 
Cannon, TAB Books #2614 (1986) ISBN: 0-8306-0414-6.  I got mine from 
Eastwood, the antique car restoration supply house. Also of interest is the 
casting books from Lindsay Publications (http://www.lindsaybks.com). 
Lindsay is an odd place with occasionally interesting items for 
experimenters... like a demented Dover they reprint a lot of old 
electronics/electrical texts that are out of copyright.

mrmike
(who has *way* too many hobbies!)

At 06:19 AM 1/31/00 -0500, tomg wrote:
>Right you are Paul. The stuff I used is called Cemco mold builder.
>It comes in a paste that you paint on whatever you wish to reproduce.
>You have to build it up a coat at a time giving it time to cure between
>coats. Once it's ready you cut it open remove the original and repair
>the cuts if necessary with bandage gauze and more mold builder.
>Pour in the resin and wait......I understand that Michael's craft stores
>carry everything you need.
>
>Check this link for good ideas.
>
>http://members.home.net/garagekit/qa.htm
>
>Tom
>
> > >I need to make a "filter" foot slider for it. So I thought I would make a
> > >mold >of the one to make another one.
> > >
> > All I can say, is that it *IS* possible, because I have seen a synth with
>a key
> > replaced by this method.
> > I imagine you make a latex mold, then use casting resin from a craft shop
>(like
> > you embed cure stuff in).
> > I'd like more details too, if anyone here has done this.
> >
> > paul perry melbourne australia
> >