This mold worth $1800?
This mold worth $1800?
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HI,
I need to make this part, please see attachment. The company quoted me the mold is made of 718 steel, price is $1800. Do you think the price is right? thanks
I need to make this part, please see attachment. The company quoted me the mold is made of 718 steel, price is $1800. Do you think the price is right? thanks






RE: This mold worth $1800?
Pay the man.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: This mold worth $1800?
RE: This mold worth $1800?
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http://www.Hi-TecDesigns.com
RE: This mold worth $1800?
RE: This mold worth $1800?
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Pat
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RE: This mold worth $1800?
RE: This mold worth $1800?
I once "saved" money on a mold and then spent a lot of money sorting and hand-working the finished parts.
A littl less money for the first mold, a huge amount of rework and then the second mold.
Thomas J. Walz
Carbide Processors, Inc.
www.carbideprocessors.com
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RE: This mold worth $1800?
$1800 buys you almost nothing in this day and age as far as tooling goes, especially when constructed of Inco 718. Is there a reason you need such "difficult" material?
It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always right by having no ideas at all.
RE: This mold worth $1800?
RE: This mold worth $1800?
RE: This mold worth $1800?
10,000 only ever is a very small number for injection moulding and the mould to last for such a short run could be even mild steel or aluminium so long as the moulder knows how to set up mould protection and avoid drools that might cause the mould to hob as it is closed.
PC/ABS is reasonably difficult with regards to drool and hobbing the mould as it is a relatively hard plastic and it absorbs water which can increase drool if not dried properly.
PC/ABS is not prone to differential shrinkage or warping so that is one less complication.
Regards
Pat
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