Nick Winter Posted May 31, 2009 Posted May 31, 2009 Ok here goes: 1). how do you do tires 2). how do you do wheels 3). what's the best way to do an engine Thanks guys. Nick
coopdad Posted May 31, 2009 Posted May 31, 2009 Really no one has any tips? Have you cast anything before? I assume you haven't. It is not hard (but can be difficult to perfect). I am no expert but have cast a few parts. Check out this link: http://www.alumilite.com/HowTos/OnePieceMold.cfm While you are there, check out their other how to's. Wheels can be make using this "one part" mold. Tires probably should be made from a "two part" mold. Engines should probably be made the same way the original kit maker did... in many pieces that are glued together later. John
Nick Winter Posted May 31, 2009 Author Posted May 31, 2009 Have you cast anything before? I assume you haven't. It is not hard (but can be difficult to perfect). I am no expert but have cast a few parts. Check out this link: http://www.alumilite.com/HowTos/OnePieceMold.cfm While you are there, check out their other how to's. Wheels can be make using this "one part" mold. Tires probably should be made from a "two part" mold. Engines should probably be made the same way the original kit maker did... in many pieces that are glued together later. John I've casted a bunch of one part molds, thanks.
Smart-Resins Posted May 31, 2009 Posted May 31, 2009 hello. For the rims, depending on the style, most you can create one pafrt molds for. I take a master, and glue it to some plastic stock, then build usually card board sides for it. The engine I do the same way, I glue each half down to make a one part mold for both halves. Some rims, you can not do in one part molds. These are where I always have fun. LOL. JK. You will want to get some clay from your local hobby store. Nothing fancy as the fancy stuff will have chemicals in them that will harm your rubber molds. Always do the clay on the less detailed half of your part. Make that the bottom initially. I do it a little different then most as I have found it easiest for me. I make the outer mold only as big as I need to. Then I remove my card board sides when the first half is cured. I them make a larger box and flip thew item over after cleaning off all of the clay! This way, both halves will fit together and will always align. The alignment is where I always had my worst night mares! The tires you would do in the same style. I usually take clay and fill in the hollow tires. When I go to clean up the clay from the first half, I will leave that clay inside the tire, creating a mold for solid rubber tires. This way there are no troublesome under cuts! Also your tires wont sag after time! I hope this helps! if you need a tad more, I can send you a nice tutorial that Chris Buck shared with me! it is of doing a model body. Same techniques to a body as many other parts! Several helped me get to where I am now! But Chris was the most help! Jody
Smart-Resins Posted June 1, 2009 Posted June 1, 2009 Here is a link to my forum for that tutorial I was telling you about by Chris Buck. Thanks. Jody http://kustomcarz.proboards.com/index.cgi?...&thread=124
cnaind Posted July 9, 2009 Posted July 9, 2009 Ok here goes: 1). how do you do tires 2). how do you do wheels 3). what's the best way to do an engine Thanks guys. Nick I've got some "how to" photos on my fotki in the Alumilite album. Theres some photos of an Allison engine head being cast. The photos are at http://public.fotki.com/cnaind/ Be happy to answer any other questions that come up.
LDO Posted July 9, 2009 Posted July 9, 2009 I'm going to play Devil's Advocate here, sometimes known as "Big Dumb Jerk". If you're asking for tips on how to cast resin, should you really be planning to sell resin parts? Q: How do you make a small fortune in resin casting? A: Start with a large fortune.
Gregg Posted July 9, 2009 Posted July 9, 2009 I'm doing a full series on resin casting It starts in the Aug/September issue. Stay tuned! All questions answered!
PlasticWagens Posted July 9, 2009 Posted July 9, 2009 I'm doing a full series on resin casting It starts in the Aug/September issue. Stay tuned! All questions answered! Cannot wait, seems like this subject comes up and has been discussed every 48 hours. When I started my casting (for personal builds) I simply ordered the Alumilite CD. While very, very amateurish in production, the content and ability to follow along and get it right the first time was easy. Experiment with differnt resins for different applications. It has taken me 4 years to get the quality I like and while it is easy to do, it take time to perfect. Now when the question pops up we can simply direct the topic starter to MCM 09' August/September issue.
nitrojunkie Posted July 10, 2009 Posted July 10, 2009 I'm doing a full series on resin casting It starts in the Aug/September issue. Stay tuned! All questions answered! Can't wait I have cast a few things for personal use.I am mostly interested in smaller parts,Hilborn 4 port injector bodies,superchargers,mostly drag car stuff.I have used the stuff from micrmart but dont like it.I'm thinking AlumaLite white.I am looking for something similar to what Competition resins or Jimmy Flintstone uses.I do like micro-marts mold rubber it is real easy to use.
Gregg Posted July 10, 2009 Posted July 10, 2009 And there will be online content as well. The site will be a great new feature to the mag. I will try to do videos along the way.
jeffb Posted July 11, 2009 Posted July 11, 2009 you gonna do videos? man, hope you can moonwalk...or maybe your going in a more duran duran direction?....
Nick Winter Posted July 11, 2009 Author Posted July 11, 2009 I'm going to play Devil's Advocate here, sometimes known as "Big Dumb Jerk". If you're asking for tips on how to cast resin, should you really be planning to sell resin parts? Q: How do you make a small fortune in resin casting? A: Start with a large fortune. I'm trying to expand my playing field as to say. Also I don't cast for the money I do it for the customer and myself.
LDO Posted July 11, 2009 Posted July 11, 2009 I'm trying to expand my playing field as to say. Also I don't cast for the money I do it for the customer and myself. There is nothing noble in saying that you don't do it for the money. It doesn't matter if you want profit or not. Using other people's money to finance your learning curve is a bad idea.
Lownslow Posted July 20, 2009 Posted July 20, 2009 There is nothing noble in saying that you don't do it for the money. It doesn't matter if you want profit or not. Using other people's money to finance your learning curve is a bad idea. thats what you think, those investors got their money worth and then some and i got what i wanted too.
Nick Winter Posted August 22, 2009 Author Posted August 22, 2009 There is nothing noble in saying that you don't do it for the money. It doesn't matter if you want profit or not. Using other people's money to finance your learning curve is a bad idea. you know what you are truly just a very annoying nucense, if you have nothing better to do than take your foot and crush someones ambitions. I do it not for the money but for the happiness that it brings to me and other builders when they can customize or change the opperance of there model and build out of the box something that they will find joy in. the only reason that i don't just give away the parts is that the resin and silicone used to mold and cast the parts isn't free.
Guest Mustang3.8 Posted August 23, 2009 Posted August 23, 2009 you know what you are truly just a very annoying nucense, if you have nothing better to do than take your foot and crush someones ambitions. I do it not for the money but for the happiness that it brings to me and other builders when they can customize or change the opperance of there model and build out of the box something that they will find joy in. the only reason that i don't just give away the parts is that the resin and silicone used to mold and cast the parts isn't free. I agree 100% with Nick on this one. He sent me some of the parts that he casted, and he has done a great job for someone his age. I'm almost 10 years older then him, and I would'nt even know where to began casting a part. I will be using his parts on a couple of my builds, and I thank him for it.
LDO Posted August 23, 2009 Posted August 23, 2009 Hey- I'm not stopping anybody from doing anything. If the kid wants to use other people's money to fund his learning curve, that's his business. If LownSlow learned faster than others, good for him. If anyone is not pleased with the quality, simply tell them they should be happy, because it was done by a 13-year old. Just don't come crying to me the first time a P.O'd customer files mail fraud charges. You can not count on customers accepting poor product and poor service.
Nick Winter Posted August 23, 2009 Author Posted August 23, 2009 I agree 100% with Nick on this one. He sent me some of the parts that he casted, and he has done a great job for someone his age. I'm almost 10 years older then him, and I would'nt even know where to began casting a part. I will be using his parts on a couple of my builds, and I thank him for it. Thank you. Hey- I'm not stopping anybody from doing anything. If the kid wants to use other people's money to fund his learning curve, that's his business. If LownSlow learned faster than others, good for him. If anyone is not pleased with the quality, simply tell them they should be happy, because it was done by a 13-year old. Just don't come crying to me the first time a P.O'd customer files mail fraud charges. You can not count on customers accepting poor product and poor service. For your god ###### information 90% of the time I give the resin parts away so you sir are a jerk for well just being a jerk, I hate people like you who just have to stick there nose into other people's choices.
LDO Posted August 23, 2009 Posted August 23, 2009 Thank you. For your god ###### information 90% of the time I give the resin parts away so you sir are a jerk for well just being a jerk, Well that sounds like a great business plan. I hate people like you who just have to stick there nose into other people's choices. If you don't want comments, don't discuss it in a public forum.
Steven Zimmerman Posted August 23, 2009 Posted August 23, 2009 This is degenerating into a name calling contest ; If you cannot be civil , DON'T POST............
crazyjim Posted August 23, 2009 Posted August 23, 2009 So Nick. are you casting or not? I like the Chevy 409 and am wondering what you have. Can you post some pics if you have them?
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