If you want to fork over the non-trivial tooling cost ... go for it.
Just remember, as soon as you pay the tooling cost for 4" treads, then
everyone will want 3.5" treads or a different tread/tooth pattern.
Compare that to a cost of a gallon of resin and a couple hours of
mindless robot-like tasking in the shop while listening to your favorite
sporting event on the tv/radio/internet.
We'll gladly ship our tread molds to anyone who wants to make themselves
a set of treads. We only ask that they are returned in a form that can
be used by the next person.
Frank P.
On 11/2/2011 4:28 PM, Mike Mangus wrote:
It would be awesome if there was a company that could make
injection-molded fiber-filled plastic tracks. They could pop a few
thousand out at a time. heh.
Has anyone thought of injection molded hulls or tanks as a possible
lower cost or less time consuming option to get more people into
tanking? I know the plastics will hold up to the abuse.
Mike
*From:* Susan Gutbrodt <[email protected]>
*To:* [email protected]
*Sent:* Wednesday, November 2, 2011 1:29 PM
*Subject:* Re: [TANKS] track talk
I'd be interested in some tracks gears etc for the Grant I'm going to
build and to re-fit the track system on the Brumm to make it more desert
friendly....
Kurt (don't forget the Alliance in the supply line)G
-----Original Message----- From: Frank Pittelli
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 10:52 AM
To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [TANKS] track talk
On 11/2/2011 1:41 PM, [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
> I know that molds have a finite lifetime. Typically
> how many castings can I expect to get from a silicone mold ?
When properly maintained, a rubber mold can be used for hundreds of
castings. We've had no problem making tread parts for multiple tanks
with a single 8 tread mold.
Regarding set time: It doesn't take long to pour resin into 6-8 molds.
Once you've learned the process (spray, measure, dye, mix, pour, pop)
things go pretty smoothly.
> I'm leaning toward molding and casting myself, but I like Franks offer
> of "prototype parts for molds". At least I wouldn't need to make my own
> molds and I could still play with a Thing-O-Matic.
Now we're talking. John White (KT builder) is ready to crank out dozens
of CAD designs for tank parts. Together, we can form the un-holy
trinity of mold making :-)
Frank P.
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