Hi Pete, This part requires injection molding and a UV-resistant plastic. I would like to do it in PC due to it's durable properties but that's a tough plastic to work with so I'm willing to use something else, PET would probably work too.
I do have some knowledge. My workshop has injection moulders and several CNC machines for mold making. MadCAM is a plugin for Rhino 3D that can make everything up to 5 axis simultaneous. The LinuxCNC Post processor included in the application is my fault. :) It's not for free though, but compared to the other competitors I think there is no one who can compete with the features in that price range. And the lead developer is a well experienced guy in tooling so he is not just a programmer, he has both an injection molding company and a tooling workshop under his wings. I would guess 15 employees doing this kind of things all day long. Unfortunately this project is a bit too small for them in quantity figures. 2014-11-20 0:43 GMT+01:00 Pete Matos <petefro...@gmail.com>: > Sven, > Perhaps if you can post a photo of the part or the cad drawing people > could be able to give you a better idea of who and how to make it. It might > be able to be built in other ways as well but it sounds like you have a > good bit of knowledge in that arena. I see you have several MadCam videos > online that looks interesting have not seen or heard much about it. Peace > > Pete > > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 4:34 PM, Sven Wesley <svenne.d...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > I need both. 3D machining is needed. > > > > /S > > > > 2014-11-19 21:38 GMT+01:00 Ralph Stirling <ralph.stirl...@wallawalla.edu > >: > > > > > Are you looking for someone to make the mold, do the molding, or both? > > > > > > I know a local guy who is good for small runs of molded parts, but he > > isn't > > > equipped to make very complex molds (2.5D cnc, manual milling and > > turning, > > > sinker EDM). He uses a lot of aluminum molds. > > > > > > -- Ralph > > > ________________________________________ > > > From: Sven Wesley [svenne.d...@gmail.com] > > > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 12:06 PM > > > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > > > Subject: [Emc-users] OT: US member doing injection molding? > > > > > > Anyone of our members making plastic parts? > > > I have a small piece I want to make a few hundreds of, but since I > moved > > to > > > the US I have no access to a workshop and my own workshop is shut down > > and > > > closed until I decide to move back. > > > > > > It's an end cap to a mirror mount, transparent, not big but a little > bit > > > complex shape. I would have made the tool in aluminium (like Alumek) as > > the > > > quantity will not be super high. Less than 1000 within a year or two I > > > believe. > > > > > > Anyone here interested in doing this little project? > > > I can prepare the mold layout, I can generate the tool paths too. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Sven > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server > > > from Actuate! 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