Re: [GZG] 25mm/28mm Sci-fi vehicles

On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 3:14 PM,  <cqin@ece.ualberta.ca> wrote:
> Or is the
> up-front cost of making plastic molds so expensive that small
companies
> can't manage at all?

There's your answer.

I remember a decade ago hearing numbers like $10K for a steel mould
for plastic injection. It holds up a lot longer than any mold used for
metal or resin, allowing you to do huge production runs, but it's just
too expensive for limited runs.

-- 
Allan Goodall http://www.hyperbear.com
agoodall@hyperbear.com
awgoodall@gmail.com

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