[sdiy] Injection molding and stuff

[Tom Arnold]

On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 11:00:57PM +0200, Bert Schiettecatte wrote:
> I know this is not strictly synth DIY but it is DIY! :-) I'm trying to
> figure out an easy way to make 5cm x 5cm x 2cm hollow boxes made of
> clear plastic .. I need about 20 of those so I'm not really keen on
> buying acrylic sheets, cutting them and glueing.. So I thought about
> creating a metal mold somehow and then pouring plastic into the mold.
> Any ideas on this? I'm not very good at shop skills and stuff but
> willing to learn. 

Do they have to be exactly 5x5x2?  There are *a lot* of companies doing
plastics that have premade things like this in a wide variety of sizes.

Looks like you're in Europe ( anywhere near Brussels?  I was born there... )
but TAP Plastics is the company I frequent for my needs.

http://www.tapplastics.com/shop/product.php?pid=222&PHPSESSID=200408121505521493536550

Plastic boxes in a variety of non-metric sizes ( gotta love the US ).

http://www.tapplastics.com/shop/category.php?bid=33&

Casting resins

http://www.tapplastics.com/shop/category.php?bid=32&

Mold making supplies.

Also TAP will do laser cut pieces and custom glued objects but I've never
priced out Full Service work from them.

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