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Title: How to make resin moulds
Post by: lk_97 on March 10, 2012, 11:16 AM: As it says, wanted to make a couple of bits like DX caps and the like, can anyone give me any tips?

Thanks :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: How to make resin moulds
Post by: BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN on March 10, 2012, 11:35 AM: Any thing on you-tube ?
Title: Re: How to make resin moulds
Post by: lk_97 on March 10, 2012, 12:19 PM: I asked someone who does the same with model cars and apparently you just press it into some resin, then pour some liquid resin into it?
Title: Re: How to make resin moulds
Post by: BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN on March 10, 2012, 12:22 PM: check costs as well ;)
Title: Re: How to make resin moulds
Post by: lk_97 on March 10, 2012, 12:32 PM: I reckon I could sell that at about a tenner a set? I'd be making a profit :daumenhoch: just need someone willing to risk lending me an old re pop or nos/very good condition dx end cap :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: How to make resin moulds
Post by: snav69 on March 10, 2012, 12:53 PM: You do realise that DX end caps are threaded don't you ???

No good just pressing it into resin just to make a flat disc ::)

:coolsmiley:
Title: Re: How to make resin moulds
Post by: lk_97 on March 10, 2012, 01:02 PM: I was thinking of making a 2 part mould if that would work?
Title: Re: How to make resin moulds
Post by: dordymush on March 10, 2012, 01:04 PM: good that your trying to think up ways of earning a few quid at your age lucas :daumenhoch:.
give it a go young un :)
Title: Re: How to make resin moulds
Post by: Dannywhac on March 10, 2012, 01:07 PM: Can;t see why it wouldn't work using a two/three part mould - you'd just need to ensure that you had zero air bubbles around the finer detailing (like threads etc). :)
Title: Re: How to make resin moulds
Post by: snav69 on March 10, 2012, 01:11 PM: 2 piece should be Ok as you could unscrew it out the mould to leave a good enough impression :daumenhoch:

Give it a go :)
Title: Re: How to make resin moulds
Post by: lk_97 on March 10, 2012, 01:13 PM: Quote from: dordymush on March 10, 2012, 01:04 PM
good that your trying to think up ways of earning a few quid at your age lucas :daumenhoch:.
give it a go young un :)

Thanks for the advice everyone :daumenhoch: gonna give it a go as soon as I can get an end cap. I wanna start a bmx company, gonna start a different thread on that though, got most of it sorted now :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: How to make resin moulds
Post by: Gibber! on March 12, 2012, 05:01 AM: Am completely missing something here?
What is wrong with the DX endcaps that rakas17 has made...?
Title: Re: How to make resin moulds
Post by: Discostu on March 12, 2012, 05:57 AM: The caps are not threaded. They are push in! They have grooves that are around inside that look like threads but when you look close they are not threads. Just circular grooves. That's why they are a bu99er to get out. :daumenhoch:

Anyway as someone else has said these are readily available as repops from rakas17 and joe 6187 so I'm unsure if you will get a massive market. You would probably be better off doing some other end caps on pedals that haven't been done yet. :)
Title: Re: How to make resin moulds
Post by: lk_97 on March 12, 2012, 06:20 AM: Quote from: RRPrider on March 12, 2012, 05:01 AM
Am completely missing something here?
What is wrong with the DX endcaps that rakas17 has made...?

Yeah I think you are mate, he doesn't make them anymore...
Title: Re: How to make resin moulds
Post by: snav69 on March 12, 2012, 09:25 AM: Bugger to get out ???

They just unscrew ???
Title: Re: How to make resin moulds
Post by: monkian on March 12, 2012, 10:18 AM: I got mine from joe6187: http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=4375
I just pressed them in: http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=131361.0