My first attempt at injection molding with PETE plastic (Mountain Dew bottles). The molded part is the shape of a fishing lure (crankbait). This type of fishing lure needs to have a buoyant body to keep it upright in the water. The PETE plastic used in the video is more dense than water so it is not a functional lure.

Home Plastic Injection Molding

4 Responses to Home Plastic Injection Molding

  1. Someone needs to start a MakerBot-IPM company. While 3D printing is great, there are some things for which injection plastic molding are much more suited.

  2. very impressive setup for the small shop! i need one.

  3. That’s a pretty impressive project from plastic bottles… :) ))

  4. great work! if you want a machine that is still small but capable of making a part every few seconds you should buy the machine I have on ebay.

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/SP3-Injection-molding-machine-molder-/181033811740?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a2674bf1c

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