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Thread: Plastic test milling material
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4th Oct 2018, 12:30 AM #1
Plastic test milling material
I have a good friend who has built a CNC metal machine and he is trying to find the name of a plastic material that is used to test the pattern before using the expensive final metal. He doesn't know it's name and internet searches have not revealed the substance. However, he describes it as a pink plastic and the picture below is the material.
CNC plastic.PNG
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Regards
PaulBushmiller;
"Power tends to corrupt. Absolute power corrupts, absolutely!"
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4th Oct 2018, 01:10 AM #2
Hi, Try "Machinable Wax" At least that is what I think its called.
Best Regards:
Baron J.
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4th Oct 2018, 01:19 AM #3
Thanks BaronJ
I think you may have nailed it straight up. I have forwarded the information.
Regards
PaulBushmiller;
"Power tends to corrupt. Absolute power corrupts, absolutely!"
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4th Oct 2018, 07:16 AM #4Philomath in training
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I think some members have made their own in the past. A mix of wax (candles?) and plastic shopping bags. A search should find something.
Michael
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4th Oct 2018, 07:44 AM #5Senior Member
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I use Renshape https://www.meury.com.au/our-products/tooling-boards/
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4th Oct 2018, 05:57 PM #6
Thanks Michael and Neil for the information.
I have passed it on.
Regards
PaulBushmiller;
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