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My Uncle is a Chemist for GE that works specifically with plastics. He
has worked over the years to develop a number of products such as a
replacement plastic for LEGO (tm) that has a smaller waste factor, due to
a reduced number of discarded molecules being produced in the
manufacturing process... He might have some suggestions for
materials that is easy to work with that would also have a fair life
time.<br><br>
-Graham <br><br>
At 08:03 PM 9/11/2005, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font size=2>This guy created
his own 303/606 knob replicas. I asked him where he got them he said,
"The knobs are a epoxy cast to match the original."<br>
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<font size=2>eBay id -- </font><font face="Times New Roman, Times">
7349678105 <br>
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<font size=2>link --
<a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ROLAND-TB-303-MODIFICATION-KIT-SILVER-FACE_W0QQitemZ7349678105QQcategoryZ64382QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem">
http://cgi.ebay.com/ROLAND-TB-303-MODIFICATION-KIT-SILVER-FACE_W0QQitemZ7349678105QQcategoryZ64382QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem</a>
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<dd>----- Original Message ----- <br>
<dd>From:</b> <a href="mailto:moogah@gmail.com">Jeff Farr</a> <br>
<dd>To:</b> <a href="mailto:synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl">SynthDIY</a>
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<dd>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 31, 2005 6:39 PM<br>
<dd>Subject:</b> [sdiy] Molding your own keycaps for tactile
switches?<br><br>
<dd>Has anyone tried this? I recently stocked up on a variety of
tactiles on ebay, assuming that the caps wouldn't be too hard to find...
Much to my surprise these seem quite rare, and certainly lacking in
variety. Mostly black circles and squares, ho-hum. I
remember reading about how some people were molding plastics to make
their own knobs and such (on another forum, I believe) and the designs I
want and pretty simple in terms of shaps, no embedded LED's for the most
part. Has anyone worked with this kinda thing? What I'd
really like is a soft-touch rubber material in several colors...
But I'm clueless where to start. Elastomers?<br>
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