Not sure what forum I would put this in sorry

I am getting a universal car alarm remote and also this switchblade honda car key. Going to attempt to put it inside the key somehow. Only gonna cost me $30 total so I figure if I can't get it all to work I only waste a few $$$.






Just looking for advice on working with plastic. My last little project looks like *** so obviosly I don't know how to work with plastic very well.

 

edit:: nevermind

 

I dont know much about plastics, but dont think you will be able to do much with that stuff beyond drilling holes in it.

 

plastic is not very workable.

 

I'm just curious, what about plastics for molding? Anyone have any experience with that? Can you buy some platic, heat it in a pot on your stove (old pot or your wife will kill you) and pour it into a mold? Can you buy some ceramic clay at the local craft store, form it into a mold and pour plastic in it?

I know emachineshop.com offers plastics as one of their materials although I've never actually had anything made with it.

 

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I have lots of experience with moulding plastic.. I'm around it all day.

But it's not worth my time to explain why it's a waste of time to look into this... it just wont happen.

 

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But it's not worth my time to explain why it's a waste of time to look into this... it just wont happen.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Ok, now can someone that didn't wake up on the wrong side of the bed explain so everyone knows?

*Edit: What about just using resins or something? It doesn't look like he's making anything that needs to stand up to a lot of stress..

 

Goto the arts and crafts store and look for "friendly plastic". We used it years ago for random art projects, it comes in strips and is heated up in HOT water... then molded and cools back into pretty strong plastic.

Very fun/cool stuff to play with. You'll find it possibly in DIY jewelry sections, alot of women buy it in crazy patterns/colors and use it for custom ugly *** jewelry.

http://www.sunshinecrafts.com/....html just an example.

 

your other option would be vaccuum forming, it works well, and can make alot of different shapes fairly easily. The drawback is that the plasitcs used are usually thinner than injection moldings, and if you leave your part somewhere really hot, it can deform.