One mold or a few more molds
One mold or a few more molds
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Hi,
I want to know if I can only need one mold will do what I need. For example, I'm going to make a plastic ball using glass filled composite. So, I make a mold for it. Then later I need a bigger ball, can I change the size on the mold? Then later, I need a smaller size of ball, can I change the mold size?
Or I need a few mold for different size of ball?
I need a cheap solution. thanks
I want to know if I can only need one mold will do what I need. For example, I'm going to make a plastic ball using glass filled composite. So, I make a mold for it. Then later I need a bigger ball, can I change the size on the mold? Then later, I need a smaller size of ball, can I change the mold size?
Or I need a few mold for different size of ball?
I need a cheap solution. thanks






RE: One mold or a few more molds
Decreasing the size is much more difficult.
Regards
Pat
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RE: One mold or a few more molds
But, balls are a special case.
You can hand lay up an ugly epoxy/glass sorta- ball over a balloon, which can be adjusted for size until the resin kicks.
Tooling doesn't get cheaper than that...
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA