+x JLiang - 1/19/2020 9:58:41 PM+x scottracing - 1/19/2020 9:42:01 PMyou will be surprised at the cost of ali tooling against epoxy tooling board,a lot of the tools I make are now made out of aluminiumbescuase of the overall cost is much cheaper.A good machined and polished ali tool will give very good results with chemical release agents.I looked into a few metal moulds, the trouble with my particular part is it's fairly deep, so the stock needs to be quite thick. It does seem easier to work with though! What sort of surface treatment do you do? Just wax and PVA? Sounds like it would save a ton of time.
+x scottracing - 1/19/2020 9:42:01 PMyou will be surprised at the cost of ali tooling against epoxy tooling board,a lot of the tools I make are now made out of aluminiumbescuase of the overall cost is much cheaper.A good machined and polished ali tool will give very good results with chemical release agents.
+x allankn - 2/5/2020 8:57:13 PMChris, just checked out your site and your videos. What a gem!Watch the whole series building the Hyperloop shell. Great!Definitely a subscriber.-Allan