Re: TI-H: nifty idea...
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Re: TI-H: nifty idea...
I looked on the net last night and found out this. You have to make the
shape you want and then get some company to make the mold. Then you take
your $3000 machine and it makes the cases... You also have to get a
machine that can make the numbers, a machine with good quality, and a
machine that has a good reputation... The cheepest like that I've found is
about $3200...
>I am not entirely familiar with vaccuum forming windows, but you take
>something (clay, wood...) and make a mold of the object that you wish to
>form. (The mold looks the same as the object) You heat up the sheet of
>plastic to a point where it is no longer stiff, but more like tissue
>paper in rigidity. While hot, you wrap this plastic around the object
>mold you made. I believe vou can do this in an oven, I am not sure how
>to do the vaccuum part. When I make slot car bodies, I have a wooden
>buck of the chassi, heat the sheet of plastic with a personal space
>heater (1600w?) then rub it down over the wooden buck.
>~Larry C
>Larry1492@juno.com
>
>On Sun, 1 Mar 1998 21:55:11 -0500 "Robert Brack" <reb@netride.com>
>writes:
>>
>>Point me towards a web site. Also, how do they make them? Can I make
>>a
>>custom case (not clear) that looks cool by the same method?
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Larry G Currie <larry1492@juno.com>
>>To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
>>Date: Sunday, March 01, 1998 4:41 PM
>>Subject: Re: TI-H: nifty idea...
>>
>>
>>>
>>>I think clear is usually vaccuumformed becuse it is a pain in the
>>butt to
>>>cast without frosting/streaking/bubbles, and it shatters easier.
>>Try
>>>some of the model building sites on the internet, I know a lot of
>>people
>>>make ne resin bodies (expensive) and vaccuumform windows [and some of
>>us,
>>>slot car bodies]
>>>~Larry C
>>>Larry1492@juno.com
>>>
>>>On Fri, 27 Feb 1998 23:07:20 -0500 "Robert Brack" <reb@netride.com>
>>>writes:
>>>>
>>>>Hey, find out how much one costs and where to get it. I've been
>>>>looking for
>>>>one (plastic mold injection). If I can get one, I can make my own
>>key
>>>>w/EL
>>>>lights, enough room for everything inside the calc, and a AA battery
>>>>holder
>>>>w/out an external box! I could then sell these cases for a
>>reasonable
>>>>price! If anyone knows where I can get one, let me know!
>>>> -Robert Brack
>>>>
>>>>reb@netride.com
>>>>
>>>
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