--Well I finally finished the die I've been working on sporadically.
Trouble was I didn't have my injection molding machine dialled in yet but I
reeeally wanted to see if the die produced a decent part. I could have used
casting resin but that stuff's pretty brittle. In a moment of inspiration I
thot why not use hot glue? I did and it works! Crummy photos he
http://www.flickr.com/photos/steambo...7613636548203/
--Will try to do better close-ups with more contrasty background
later today.

--
"Steamboat Ed" Haas : Blue Cross socks us
Hacking the Trailing Edge! : $23,000/yr!! ...
www.nmpproducts.com
---Decks a-wash in a sea of words---

steamer wrote:
--Well I finally finished the die I've been working on sporadically.
Trouble was I didn't have my injection molding machine dialled in yet but I
reeeally wanted to see if the die produced a decent part. I could have used
casting resin but that stuff's pretty brittle. In a moment of inspiration I
thot why not use hot glue? I did and it works! Crummy photos he
http://www.flickr.com/photos/steambo...7613636548203/
--Will try to do better close-ups with more contrasty background
later today.

well done!!

On 07 Mar 2010 17:42:06 GMT, the infamous steamer
scrawled the following:

--Well I finally finished the die I've been working on sporadically.
Trouble was I didn't have my injection molding machine dialled in yet but I
reeeally wanted to see if the die produced a decent part. I could have used
casting resin but that stuff's pretty brittle. In a moment of inspiration I
thot why not use hot glue? I did and it works! Crummy photos he
http://www.flickr.com/photos/steambo...7613636548203/
--Will try to do better close-ups with more contrasty background
later today.

It casts false teeth for Munchkins, doesn't it?

--
The blind are not good trailblazers.

-- federal judge Frank Easterbrook

Larry Jaques wrote:
It casts false teeth for Munchkins, doesn't it?
--Close; they're Oompaloompas, heh.


--
"Steamboat Ed" Haas : Blue Cross socks us
Hacking the Trailing Edge! : $23,000/yr!! ...
www.nmpproducts.com
---Decks a-wash in a sea of words---

Larry Jaques wrote:
Had to googlem. Now why would you know about Chocolate Factory stuff?
Dare I ask, Ed?
--Grandkids! :-)
--
"Steamboat Ed" Haas : Blue Cross socks us
Hacking the Trailing Edge! : $23,000/yr!! ...
www.nmpproducts.com
---Decks a-wash in a sea of words---

On 08 Mar 2010 20:21:27 GMT, the infamous steamer
scrawled the following:

Larry Jaques wrote:
Had to googlem. Now why would you know about Chocolate Factory stuff?
Dare I ask, Ed?
--Grandkids! :-)

OK. Good save. g

YOU might be interested in this little jobber, although you don't et
snow in NorCal. Cool, isn't it? My buddy in D.C. just sent this:

ROBOPLOW
Ah, too late for the blizzards...

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=tPg1ZMiC9pA

We don't get much snow up here, and I still want one.

--
Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.
-- Chuang-tzu

On Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:01:49 -0800, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On 08 Mar 2010 20:21:27 GMT, the infamous steamer
scrawled the following:

Larry Jaques wrote:
Had to googlem. Now why would you know about Chocolate Factory stuff?
Dare I ask, Ed?
--Grandkids! :-)

OK. Good save. g

YOU might be interested in this little jobber, although you don't et
snow in NorCal. Cool, isn't it? My buddy in D.C. just sent this:

ROBOPLOW
Ah, too late for the blizzards...

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=tPg1ZMiC9pA

We don't get much snow up here, and I still want one.


That would be way way cool when hooked (brain) to a hay bailer and field
plow as well.

Gunner

"I believe that being despised by the despicable
is as good as being admired by the admirable."

From long experience myself, I can only say, "You betcha."

Larry Jaques wrote:
ROBOPLOW
Ah, too late for the blizzards...
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=tPg1ZMiC9pA
We don't get much snow up here, and I still want one.
--Aha! Battlebots get practical; me like!

--
"Steamboat Ed" Haas : Blue Cross socks us
Hacking the Trailing Edge! : $23,000/yr!! ...
www.nmpproducts.com
---Decks a-wash in a sea of words---

--Latest photos he
http://www.flickr.com/photos/steambo...7613636548203/
--See bottom 3 photos. Succeeded yesterday for first time making
parts out of plastic rather than hot glue. Have a problem with flash but I
think I can fix that today. The awful coloring is due to switch from
Nylatron to Nylon 6; not sure how many parts I'll have to run B4 they come
out lookin' good.

--
"Steamboat Ed" Haas : Blue Cross socks us
Hacking the Trailing Edge! : $23,000/yr!! ...
www.nmpproducts.com
---Decks a-wash in a sea of words---

On 09 Mar 2010 18:07:01 GMT, the infamous steamer
scrawled the following:

Larry Jaques wrote:
ROBOPLOW
Ah, too late for the blizzards...
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=tPg1ZMiC9pA
We don't get much snow up here, and I still want one.
--Aha! Battlebots get practical; me like!

I knew you'd see that subject line and grab it up, Ed.

Now to figure out how to get one to suck up the Autumn leaves and have
it dump 'em in my truck...

--
There is no such thing as limits to growth, because there are no limits
to the human capacity for intelligence, imagination, and wonder.
-- Ronald Reagan