Hi all! It’s been a little over a month since we last caught up about the project. I wanted to make a post to ensure everyone who is reading that I am still working on it. October was a very stressful and busy month for me, so I wasn’t able to get much done on …
Hi all, I was able to finally attach the new barrel mount to the frame today and get some injection cycles through it. The new assembly is much sturdier and makes pushing plastic through the barrel a lot easier. I was also able to play around with different injection temperatures to see what effects it …
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 …
It’s been a long weekend, and while trying to relax I’ve been thinking about the next steps in this process. During testing, the most apparent issue was the rigidity of the molder’s stand. As you can see in my previous posts, the stand was made of poorly cut 1″x1″ lumber mended together with steel brackets. …
Today was a pretty big day. Although I only started building this prototype about a week ago, this idea is a long time in the making. Over this past winter, I tried something similar and achieved nothing but burnt plastic and some softened plastic that stuck together and was extremely brittle. That was the crude …
Despite still being quite crude at the moment, the prototype injection barrel has been attached to the frame and the plunger lapped to it. We are getting close to melting some plastic! Next up is the nozzle, these are often highly engineered components that are meant to flow lots of plastic with little resistance. Mating …