Giles -- I seem to recall that there used (40 yrs ago) to be a sort of "kit"
that we occasionally used to duplicate stone artifacts in epoxy -- prolly
the same sort of thing used to make "new" scrimshaw whale's teeth. These
have flexible plastic molds and the epoxy is filled in using a modern-day
equivalent of the lost wax process.. Would some West System epoxy with the
appropriate microfibers be strong enough? -- certainly it is liquid enough
and sets up relatively quickly. Sounds like a fun little project!
Craig
----- Original Message -----
From: "Giles" <cnocbui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 7:59 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Motor drive cap for OM1 and another OM question
>
> I think this would not work. The tough plastics tend not to have a very
> liquid state. They are usually injection moulded using heat and pressure
> to get the plastic to conform to the shape of a mould.
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