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Behind the scenes – Injection molding
- DrJokepu 14y agoI loved polymer technology classes and labs at university. It's an incredibly fascinating domain. If I have I stayed in mechanical engineering, I would have definitely specialised in polymers.
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- nkurz 14y agoIf you have always had an urge to mold something (small) of your own, and if you are near the Bay Area, Techshop has classes and equipment for reasonable prices: Injection Molder: http://techshop.ws/class_signup.html?a=1&i=43224759 http://techshop.ws/class_signup.html?a=1&i=43224759 Tormach CNC Mill: http://techshop.ws/class_signup.html?a=1&i=43094304 http://techshop.ws/class_signup.html?a=1&i=43094304
- nickpinkston 14y ago2nd this - I took the molding class, and it's surprisingly easy to use. The real issue is that moldmaking is hard. The Tormach is a small piece. Still though - crazy that small scale injection molding is that accessible.
- sien 14y agoInteresting. How does this compare to 3D printing on demand?
- willtheperson 14y ago3d Printing is better suited for prototyping and Injection molding is where you take it once you need a bunch of parts made because a 3d print can take minutes/hours, while an injection molded part takes seconds.
- gonzo 14y agoI injection mold the BrickCase (smallworks.com) It's very cool.
- SudarshanP 14y agoIs there a gallery of Brickcase contraptions people have built? Can you do stuff like build lego robots with iPhones embedded?
- hexagonal 14y agoWeird timestamp on some of the pictures: DD/MM/YYYY? The image management by the molder is interesting: they're named Western Tool and Mold, and make a big deal about being run by an American; but of course they're based in Hong Kong.
- regularfry 14y agoIt's the UK format. Not surprising given Hong Kong's history.
- pbhjpbhj 14y agoIt's the non-US format. Not surprising given its [the formats] logic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_format_by_country http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_format_by_country
- twelvechairs 14y agoDD/MM/YYYY is the most common date format across the world. You can't seriously expect that because one American is involved that the a whole company (who will work with suppliers and end users of any numbers in any number of places) will work on the date format of the country he grew up in.
- carbocation 14y agoFor sorting purposes, I prefer YYYY-MM-DD.
- hexagonal 14y agoIt's neither ISO 8601, or the Chinese standard.