I need to make a plastic wheel roughly 14 inches in diameter and 7 inches thick. Never custom made a plastic mold before. Does anyone know how I can do this? I have a ton of plastic available around for the molding. But I'm not sure what I can use as the mold itself.

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Anonymous Mon Dec 10 11:37:05 2018 No.1513262 [Reply] [Original]

I need to make a plastic wheel roughly 14 inches in diameter and 7 inches thick. Never custom made a plastic mold before. Does anyone know how I can do this? I have a ton of plastic available around for the molding. But I'm not sure what I can use as the mold itself.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 10 11:53:36 2018 No.1513266 >>1513262 Or does anyone know where I can get a plastic disc that is 14 inches in diameter and 7 inches thick?

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 10 12:30:40 2018 No.1513294 Why does it have to be plastic? There's tons of steel wheels you can find that are those dimensions.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 10 12:57:30 2018 No.1513319 >>1513266 I see 12" acetal round stick on mcmaster. Like 150 bucks. Sure you need 14?

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 10 13:14:16 2018 No.1513334 >>1513262 Try recycle HDPE and chuck it in a drill until you're happy with it

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 11 23:12:50 2018 No.1514531 >>1513262 14x7 is a common automotive wheel size. Fuck plastic.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 15 03:07:32 2018 No.1516971 Make the mould out of wood....

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 15 12:32:11 2018 No.1517202 File: 396 KB, 1920x1080, giant boring bar.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1513262 only 14" ? shit i could probably turn that

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 15 12:34:41 2018 No.1517203 File: 2.78 MB, 446x322, 1544636157251.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1517202 >shit i could probably turn that fuck safety https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4qB6n1cm04

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