Diy Desktop Injection Molding Machine
Or by machining a desired cavity into an aluminum block using a benchtop cnc.
Diy desktop injection molding machine. Jun 13 2016 build your own injection molding machine and cast the plastic parts you need. Please practice hand washing and social distancing and check out our resources for adapting to these times. So i built an injection molder based on the plans in vincent r. Investing in an injection molding machine was a minimum of 50 000.
A place a mold in the machine. Download the blank mold insert design files you ll use them to create your injection mold design. Diy injection molding step by step 1. Here i build an injection molding machine for less than 100 in raw materials.
C clamp the mold in place by turning the vise handle clockwise. Diy tools hand tools. We ll use the open source blender but the workflow should be fairly similar in any other cad software. Jun 13 2016 build your own injection molding machine and cast the plastic parts you need.
Stay safe and healthy. First pick the cad software tool of your preference to design the mold insert. May 27 2015 build your own injection molding machine and cast the plastic parts you need. David gingery could be considered a forerunner of the maker movement he and his son vincent have written a whole series of books on building tools for the machine shop.
Latest purchase video of delrin injection molding the max mold platen size for the digg injection molding machine is 300x120x30mm 30 grams and 25cm3 cubic centimeters thanks to spyker workshop s checkback. Gingery s book secrets of building a plastic injection molding machine. Inexpensive homemade molds can be made using an epoxy or urethane resin. B make sure the sprue hole on top of the mold lines up exactly with the injection nozzle.
So in thinking how can we make this happen more cost effectively we decided to make our own machine which we did and we have used it for two years to make our own parts kara soon discovered there was a big demand for desktop injection molding machines. Design the mold in cad. The designs can also be easily scaled to. I use some tools in this video that cost me less than 700 so don t.