DIY Roto-molding machine
Uploaded by: noenflux
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This is an at-home roto-molding machine I whipped up in about 3 hours one night.
To build one like it you will need:
-About 20 dollars worth of Fisher Price Construx from ebay
-A drill (DeWalt's fit nicely, but anything should work)
-A few wood screws to hold down the Construx
-A piece of scrap wood
For my casting material I like using Alumilite and Polytek resins, they are both REALLY easy to work with and fairly cheap. Any RTV resin should work well as long as it has a short set time.
Tags for this video: casting DIY rotomolding slip spin
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I was wondering if you could PLEASE elaborate on the opposite end of the machine, the opposite of the drill.
Your voice can't be heard that well in what you're saying about it, at least to me.
If you would, that would open up a LOT to me, and probably others too.
I'm sure it's all 'easy' to you, but to me, what you've done is really something, and I'd like to make one.
Thank you!
You might want to call this "rotational casting" or rotocasting. (Or at least add a tag or two so that people searching for roto-casting can find it.)
buy a motor...
Only problem with Roto-moulding is it dosn't work so well for complex shapes, as some surfaces wont have as much material flowing over them, and you end up with thin spots.
Works great for simple shapes though.
In my old job, we used this proccess for makeing plastic water tanks, although we used plastic powder and heated it to 180c during rotation.
give me a break, he just didnt want us to see his failed roto-mold process.
but i will admit, it looks like it would work.