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AirborneSilva	AirborneSilva posted 7 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 6, Visits: 190	Is there any companies or persons out there that will make a mold using my part as a master? Thank you! Tony
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scottracing	scottracing posted 7 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 460, Visits: 5.2K	whats it made of? is it a fibrous material as it may be difficult to take a mould from that without sealing it properly
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AirborneSilva	AirborneSilva posted 7 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 6, Visits: 190	+x scottracing - 5/2/2018 8:00:01 PM whats it made of? is it a fibrous material as it may be difficult to take a mould from that without sealing it properly Hi Scott, yes it is fibrous which is why I don't even want to attempt it. I've heard of people putting cellophane or a similar material over it but then you "hear" lot's of things that aren't true...
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GreyArea	G GreyArea posted 7 Years Ago HOT Post Details
G Group: Forum Members Posts: 36, Visits: 65	+x AirborneSilva - 5/2/2018 8:30:25 PM +x scottracing - 5/2/2018 8:00:01 PM whats it made of? is it a fibrous material as it may be difficult to take a mould from that without sealing it properly Hi Scott, yes it is fibrous which is why I don't even want to attempt it. I've heard of people putting cellophane or a similar material over it but then you "hear" lot's of things that aren't true... If you definitely need to keep the original, only thing I can suggest is to use imaging software to make a digital copy. Needs a lotta photos though depending how accurate you need the copy to be. I'm in the process opf making a digital model of a local landmark...currently at the 2000 photo mark but then I'm going for an insane level of detail. I would think 200-500 would be enough for your part - maybe even less.
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AirborneSilva	AirborneSilva posted 7 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 6, Visits: 190	+x GreyArea - 5/6/2018 11:22:47 AM +x AirborneSilva - 5/2/2018 8:30:25 PM +x scottracing - 5/2/2018 8:00:01 PM whats it made of? is it a fibrous material as it may be difficult to take a mould from that without sealing it properly Hi Scott, yes it is fibrous which is why I don't even want to attempt it. I've heard of people putting cellophane or a similar material over it but then you "hear" lot's of things that aren't true... If you definitely need to keep the original, only thing I can suggest is to use imaging software to make a digital copy. Needs a lotta photos though depending how accurate you need the copy to be. I'm in the process opf making a digital model of a local landmark...currently at the 2000 photo mark but then I'm going for an insane level of detail. I would think 200-500 would be enough for your part - maybe even less. Thank you, I may look into having it digitally scanned with a lazer but am not sure how important it is to me. Thanks again!
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