Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 11:08:35 -1000 From: kitevip@aol.com (Kitevip) Message-Id: <4hkusj$g0s@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Subject: How to make custom connectors? Given a need for a special non-marketed connector, our inventor goes out to invent one. Once defined the character, and spects, what to do? Not ready for high count production yet. Still in proof of concept stage. Mill it from auluminium? Carve it from wood. Tube to Tube construction? Mold it from pastic, in a mold? Whats an inventor to do? Advise? Your pains my gains. I've tryed the molding route with a plaster mold of a object that closely resembled the part. The plaster chiped a lot durring form release. Next went to fiberglass resin puddy to make mold from object. This released better. But the things a mess with the expanding foam that I filled it with durring first cast attempt. Thought foam might make a decent prototype... Now what? Sure would like a fancy home made nylon connector that meets my needs. Promise return advise your topic some day. Thanks Jim Kitevip@aol.com VIP very inventive person = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 20:22:19 -1000 From: andrew@tug.com (Andrew Beattie) Message-Id: Organization: /usr/lib/news/organisation Subject: Re: How to make custom connectors? kitevip@aol.com (Kitevip) writes: >Given a need for a special non-marketed connector, > our inventor goes out to invent one. >Once defined the character, and spects, what to do? > >Mill it from auluminium? >Carve it from wood. >Tube to Tube construction? >Mold it from pastic, in a mold? >Whats an inventor to do? I would carve it from a solid block of Nylon. Drill the holes you need at the angles you want, then whittle away the excess. Now the question is "Where do you go to buy a solid lump of Nylon?" There were chunks of it lying around in Peter Lynn's workshop, fashioned into no end of different bits of prototype stuff, but I don't know where to source it as a raw material. Andrew -- THERE IS NO NEED TO SHOUT! We can hear you just fine in lower case letters = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 04:50:44 -1000 From: ahclem0013@aol.com (AhClem0013) Message-Id: <4hmt44$72k@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Subject: Re: How to make custom connectors? In article <4hkusj$g0s@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, kitevip@aol.com (Kitevip) writes: >Given a need for a special non-marketed connector, > our inventor goes out to invent one. >Once defined the character, and spects, what to do? >Not ready for high count production yet. >Still in proof of concept stage. > >Mill it from auluminium? >Carve it from wood. >Tube to Tube construction? >Mold it from pastic, in a mold? >Whats an inventor to do? > >Advise? >Your pains my gains. > >I've tryed the molding route with a plaster mold of a object that closely >resembled the part. The plaster chiped a lot durring form release. >Next went to fiberglass resin puddy to make mold from object. This >released better. >But the things a mess with the expanding foam that I filled it with >durring first cast attempt. Thought foam might make a decent prototype... >Now what? >Sure would like a fancy home made nylon connector that meets my needs. >Promise return advise your topic some day. Solid chunks of delrin, that's the stuff. Try US PLASTICS 800-537-9724 or 419 228-2242 for those in the rest of the world. It is very strong, but easy to work. oxodean = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Sat, 9 Mar 1996 07:18:22 -1000 From: pdjnjvt@knoware.nl (Peter de Jong) Message-Id: <3141bd3b.75082@news.knoware.nl> Organization: Knoware Internet Subject: Re: How to make custom connectors? On 7 Mar 1996 09:50:44 -0500, ahclem0013@aol.com (AhClem0013) wrote: > >Solid chunks of delrin, that's the stuff. Try US PLASTICS 800-537-9724 or >419 228-2242 for those in the rest of the world. It is very strong, but >easy to work. > Great stuff ! There's only one snag: if you have to glue it you can't. (or you have to etch it first and use a 3 step industrial adhesive so I'm told) If anyone is interested: I've got 1000 ungluable "stoppers" for sale.... :-( Greetings from Holland Peter de Jong A&F Custom Kites Werkhoven NL * 900f the time the opposite of GOOD is not BAD but WELL INTENDED * = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =