Hi all, its two weeks since we last spoke. No, I haven’t given up! I’ve been waiting for a crucial component. As can be seen in the previous posts’ pictures,the mount for the barrel was quite flimsy. This made testing the injection performance of the machine very hard. I just finally recieved a new custom mount which is likely much stonger than needed (we’re not at the point of FEA yet on this thing 😉)
This mount is able to hold a bushing to help keep the plunger straight along with a strong mounting system to eliminate flexing in the machine.
I hope to get this actually mounted to the frame early next week. Then, I will be able to inject some more plastic and get a better gauge on what needs to be changed.
I also want to keep working on some of my other projects that I can get released for sale much sooner than this machine, so please stay tuned for that!