Injection Molding Die Part 2- Job Completion

Nice job Adam. Have a good week end

Longest content stretch for 3 parts I’ve ever witnessed 😂. I wonder how fast a real machine shop would crank that out to even tighter tolerances?

Pretty slick. Very nicely done.

How are you going to get the part out without some draft?

Beautiful part Adam, gives you the kind of satisfaction that you just don’t get from programming.!! However it would be interesting to reproduce those parts from scrap on the cnc machines To compare time and finish.!? 😁❤️💪🏻

Abom you are a great machinist.

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don't use the coolant...just squirt some oil on it

U don't trust yourself

Those chuck guards everyone seems to immediately remove are excellent at stopping coolant spraying off the chuck jaws

Great job. Thank you 😊

Adam’s classic understatement, the fit is pretty good, no is excellent by any other measure!

Adam, you can build a removable shield where the coolant can't get over everything.

I love all the different camera angles, the videos you make are very educational and also relaxing.

Beautiful work,Adam and ready to go for a good use.Thank you.

Adam, your print looks great except for a material designation in your information block.

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Hoping that the accurately bored hole in the cap would remain concentric and aligned when you turned it around. Big rookie error, you always cut features that need to be concentric together. Cut the register and bore in the first setup, then turn it around and face to length.

Turn scratch into an A ?

Nice. The 1st time it us used it will get more scratches

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I didn’t see any draft angle on that?

You're the best teacher on the internet! Glad to see things growing for you with the new shop. (Kind of miss the sirens though.) Keep it up. Love the one-off stuff. Thanks.

A nice thing would be to imprint a logo/brand and item number in the die cap with the CNC. That'll look good on the finished bushings.

Or just buy/make a plexiglass shield when using flood coolant? (could be on a magbase stand or be in a dedicated tool holder). Complaining about a problem will not solve it.. I mean seriously?

I just love all the gauges you have ❤

Love it when you tell us your feeds and speeds.. 👍

Well done ! 💥

G'day Adam. Thanks for taking us through this precision process on the lathe. Just shows not everything has to be done on CNC.
Well done.
Ted

Hmmm, I see that you chamfer everything as many machinists are used to. But thinking about how this will be used as an injection mold, won't the chamfers result in burrs on the produced parts later? Seems to me like a case where you want only tiniest possible chamfers on the edges that are on the inside of the chamber.

Oh, and to square up thin stock there's a trick with a roller bearing on a piece of steel in a toolholder that you can gently press against the workpiece as it's spinning. Can't have it chucked too tight for this of course, gotta gronk on it again after it's aligned. Wonder what good ways there are to align a piece on the backside tho without that spider, that's not as trivial.

Did you and Abby weather the storms okay?

Such great precision done on manual equipment. There are those out there who don’t believe this is possible unless a robot does it.

It's a prototype mold. The desired outcome results may not be what the buyer will expect or want.
That being said is because of the plastics that are injected into this mold may have too much shrinkage or the type plastic may not be clear enough ect..
In order words another mold may need to be made to get the desired size.
Adam did a great job with this project and I hope someone has learned something about the way a small injection mold is made and the tolerances that are involved.

Very Nice looking job. Well planed and great presentation.

Fine job Adam

Looks really nice

always entertaining Abom nice job

such a pretty piece to have a scratch on it bummer. great job abom another fun video!

Wow those are some nice fits. Nice and snug without locking up with each other. The true skill is finding snug but not too tight. For those complaining about them remember this is a injection mold die NOT a jet engine part with thousands of lifes depending on it. Adom could get it that fine but he KNOWS there is no reason to take the time to do it.

Nice, Adam! I really enjoy the manual machining videos. ☺

Need tight tolerance's? ABom to tge rescue 😂

Get a sheet of Lexan and bend it to make a one piece removable splash guard to fit over the work area that will contain the coolant splash when using coolant. Lexan is easy to bend into shape with a heat gun or careful use of a propane torch. It is also impact resistant, generally bending instead of shattering in case of tool breakage making it suitable for a splash shield on the lathe.

Great work ❤

Perfect type of job for that nice PM lathe.

That last fixture plate with the attachments, are like an erector set.

Friken Watch maker !!!! Excellent !!!

That split screen during the 1.25 drill process was nice.