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| jaffa007 | Nov 7 2011, 11:52 AM Post #1 |
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Hi All, Have been thinking about trying my hand at making some parts for my R5 unit using resin. This is for my own personal use, not for mass production Any help, pointers, links, advice etc would be much appreciated. Thanks James |
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| maverick118 | Nov 7 2011, 12:04 PM Post #2 |
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Hi James, It might be easier for us to help if we saw the parts you're trying to make as a number of the resins I use are suitable for different purposes. |
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| jaffa007 | Nov 7 2011, 01:36 PM Post #3 |
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Was looking at making my own ankle wedges, four off, ankle crescents, again 4 off and then try making my own arms. |
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| jaffa007 | Nov 7 2011, 01:38 PM Post #4 |
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arms If the cost is going to be excessive, then I'll just make them out of wood
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| TANGO'D FETT | Nov 7 2011, 09:48 PM Post #5 |
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The ankle wedges and crescents would be very easy to mold , just finish them off and seal them with primer ,fix them to a flat surfave and build a wall around them with anything non porous ( some people use lego even) and fill up with RTV silicone. once cured (about a day) you can either fill with resin ( polyurethane is best) or for a lighter casting you could do in fibreglass. There are stacks of casting videos on you tube , brick in the yard have some great ones . heres a good one from freeman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQkzWvHRdZ0 |
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| jaffa007 | Nov 8 2011, 08:26 AM Post #6 |
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That's great, think I've seen the Lego wall thing done before. Thanks for the pointers
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| TANGO'D FETT | Nov 9 2011, 12:54 AM Post #7 |
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No worries , let us know how you get on:) As for the arms , they are an awkward shape to cast if your just starting out, they would need a 2 piece mold really and that's a lot more involved as you would need to half cover the parts in clay, add key holes , then do one pour of silicone, remove the first lot of clay , add a release then Do another pour. Also you would need a pour point for the resin too when casting new ones !! If you don't need many then buy or make your own
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| Yoroi | Nov 10 2011, 09:55 AM Post #8 |
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very true mate, thats what I ended up doing, rather than doing all the work for 1 set , I just bought some |
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| jaffa007 | Nov 10 2011, 12:32 PM Post #9 |
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Watched the video link on U-tube. Very interesting and granted the two piece was needed, but I think all the effort needed to produce the small quantities I would need, it would just be easier for me to make it out of wood in the first place, and stop there For now I think I'll just stick to what I know and my abilities in crafting wood & metal etc.
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| TANGO'D FETT | Nov 11 2011, 01:39 AM Post #10 |
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Yeah you have to weigh up silicone costs as well , OK if your doing a run of 20 plus but not for just a few . Worth bearing in mind though as you could sell a few on and cover your costs if you did a run ...its great fun too
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