If I'm remembering correctly, Eastwood company used to sell a kit you could use
to make plastic parts. You made the mold yourself and then mixed the chemicals
using their kit. They also made a plastic welder for fixing cracked plastic.
Stephen I. Early
Technology Sector
MBNA America
800.441.7048 x74788
stephen.early@mbna.com
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-bricklin@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-bricklin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Isensee@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 4:41 PM
To: bricklin@autox.team.net
Subject: Reproducing plastic parts
I have several collector cars. Every once in a while some small plastic part
will break as it gets brittle with age and some of them are not reproduced.
I am wondering if anyone knows of a cost effective way to reproduce small
plastic parts?
I have looked around on the web and most suppliers want a lot of money to
create a mold. They can then turn out the individual parts pretty cheaply, but
you need to make a lot of them to get the unit costs down. I am interested in
just creating individual parts for myself or maybe producing small runs with
extras I can sell to other restorers. Any ideas?
Scott Isensee
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