In the 80's I worked at an injection shop. We made CD cases and such. When making your product, that is thin, you will need to heat the mold so the plastic won't chill before the mold is full. It also helps to use higher pressure as this will get the plastic to the far ends sooner. Next mold, build in a clamping device into the mold itself so you don't need a vice. Take a look at big machines, they keep the mold at a fairly constant temp, use hydraulics to force them together, and use lots of pressure to push the plastic in. We used to make plastic army helmets and getting the mold setup and up to temp took a while.

@ActionBOX

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your input 😃.

@embers_falling

Жыл бұрын

Something I always recommend to people that want to build a home shop version of an industrial machine is to look at patents and schematics of stuff that already exists. It helps cut out the guess work and gives ideas to what needs to be done, especially as most industry/mass production machines tend to not have any unnecessary pieces. They do the job they’re meant to do and not much else.

@WurstPeterl

Жыл бұрын

@@embers_falling also: go to trade shows and try to talk to the engineers who worked on the product. The first person you talk to is usually a sales person. Ask really technical questions until they refer you to their emergency engineer (mandatory at any trade show). They will usually be ecstatic to talk about all the technical details of their work.

@IngoHerges

Жыл бұрын

@@WurstPeterl haha so true

@gamespender8605

Жыл бұрын

@@WurstPeterl ah yes, attacking the weak point of any trade secret: the overly eager engineer

Try waiting 10 seconds or so before taking the injection pressure off. That will fill the sink marks out better!

@paulscarrestorations5466

Жыл бұрын

Agree'd more injection duration

The detail on the resin prints were insane, the fact that the resin looked so clear looked awesome. I look forward to see what you do in the future.

It's quite amazing how far at-home manufacturing technology has advanced, 20 years ago, all you had was a block of wood and a chisel, but now the possibilities are endless. It's also crazy how fast you can now replicate 3d prints at home. Thank you for introducing me and a lot of other people to this amazing technology. :) Good luck in the future

@ActionBOX

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊. Glad you enjoyed. Cheers, Dave

these home size kits and machines are life changing! you've done amazing work!

Love these diy machines. With enough time and tools we can make almost anything. Currently making a mini mill and so far it's been pretty fun.

It's amazing to see how rapidly you are improving your projects.

Really interessting video! Also that you can just 3d print the molds is insane. Makes the whole process much cheaper than using metal. Genius!

If you make the "escape channels" a zig zagging line or a thin wafer that zig zags between the mold halves, it will more rapidly cool the escaping plastic, allowing the molten plastic still being injected to feed any larger mass areas where you are seeing shrinkage, or "sink marks" as you call them. Search die cast or injection mold chill vent to see what I'm talking about. You can additionally add vacuum to the chill vent to allow for a faster mold fill time (in aluminum die cast at least). I would love to see this replicated on the small scale, with a cross-section of test parts with and without all of those things to see the resulting internal porosity. Very interested in this as a prototyping/small production mechanism for my shop.

@ActionBOX

Жыл бұрын

That’s a great idea. Thanks for leaving me this comment. I’ll give it a try in one of our next videos. Cheers 😃

Amazing, some time ago I have an idea to make injection molding using resin mold turns out you already make real working one. Awesome

This injector machine is so cool. I've been following this project for a while. Awesome video

I'm so excited for this! I've been waiting for you guys to make 2.0 for a while, this is so awesome!

It feels like the injecto 1.0 was only three months ago or so, now I see this. You guys are getting better and better :)

Great videos on injecto 2.0 I love this machine!!

It’s cool to see injection molding machines making it to the consumer market. Good job!

Looks a great piece of kit. For short runs, resin looks like a great mold material. Deffo want one

I love this, I will definitely try making one for myself!

You have been making a lot of stuffs. Congratulations!!

I'm a mechanical engineering student and I find your injection molding video's so fascinating. I love your video's!

@ActionBOX

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 😃

That looks amazing!

Cool stuff as always!

Really very impressive. It is very cool that this is possible. And maybe the concept of using resin printed molds can be used for other purposes as well (for example, candles, who knows what more)

@ActionBOX

Жыл бұрын

That’s a very cool idea hahah.

@hollt693

Жыл бұрын

The fragility of wax makes it not the best candidate for rigid moulds. It would make more sense to make a resin mould for casting a silicone mould for casting a wax candle, though you're entering mouldception territory at that point.

Awesome! Especially liked the clear resin idea... McMaster-Carr has many 3D .stl files of common fasteners, bearings, clamps, and most things in their catalog too! And, for the fishing lure, recommend adding a metal eyelet on the forehead for tying off the fishing line.

@ActionBOX

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your input 😃

Sounds like you need a modular rig for actuating the extraction pins. Then you'll be able to run the whole process faster

How awesome!!! What a great video

Excellent product and idea. Sharing to all My colleagues. Keep it up!

@ActionBOX

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Francis 😃. We appreciate that. Cheers, Dave

Why yes I would love an injecto 2.0!!

Love this idea

That machine INJEKTo 2.0 is awesome 🤩

Those clear moulde are awesome !

@ActionBOX

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 😅. Glad you enjoyed the video 😃

I freaking love your work, your content and your ideas! I own 2 businesses and I need the Injecto 2.0 for the creation of several inventions, soon I will buy at least one Injecto! Which you the best success buddy!

@ActionBOX

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your support 😃. We look forward to hearing more from you. Cheers, Dave

I don’t know if anyone else mentioned it already, but Polishing/Lapping/Buffing the Clear Resin can make it more transparent. Was still a great visual even without that though!

@ActionBOX

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Eric, I’m definitely going to try that for the next video. Cheers.

Wow that $1750 will safe small companies soooo much money and waiting time in the future, I didn't know "at home" injection molding was a thing yet and I love it.

cool project

Really cool device. Maybe I will build it in future

Great work and nice video.

That's so cool

Very nice! 😀

Really cool, it could be used for making bigger blocks and using scrap plastic such as hdpe, I'm thinking house brick sizes, endless possibilities.

That’s awesome

Looking good

That's very impressive for such affordable tools

Very Nice machine!

OMG I want this machine.

Very cool machine

Love your Videos 🥰, please make more interesting videos!

thx man

O.O i need this tool!

What kind of plastic are you using ? Can you use hdpe to inject to this printed mold? Thank you.

Great concept

@ActionBOX

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@NuBRussian

Жыл бұрын

@@ActionBOX I saw lot of DIY IMM but yours project is better.

I would have so much fun using that. I love to design things for real world use, less than toys.

Very ccoool!!!

That’s cool with one of these imagine what you can create 😱

What a nice idea

@ActionBOX

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Julian 😃

I realy want and need this machine 👍

very cool vid btw

Awesome

Oh, I wish I had an Injekto 2.0. Good luck everybody .

Kid: Mom, can I have Lego? Mom: We have Lego at home. Lego at home:

@ActionBOX

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha that’s hilarious 😂

Cool

These videos are good like candy

woozer!

Great tool

@ActionBOX

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 😊

Where do you get the energy to do such amazing things?

this is amazing, injection molding is usually prohibitively expensive especially for high output of parts. The resin molds can revolutionize small scale injection molding

This will be really cool way to reuse 3d printer supports

Great video! Greetings from Argentina

@ActionBOX

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Roberto 😃

Nice Video

for the clamping issue: did you try "dome-ing" one side of the mold? I would think that you could shape it so that it doesn't splay out like that under pressure.

@ActionBOX

Жыл бұрын

Great suggestion Richard. We will give it a try for our next video. Cheers.

What was KZread thinking that I found this interesting. Well KZread was right 😂

Good video

Love this! So great to see at home injection molding. How many parts do you typically get per mold? I wonder/assume different resins would last different amounts Edit:fix autocorrect changing resins to reasons

@ActionBOX

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Will 😊. The answer really depends on the quality of material you buy for the molds. There are resins more specific to this task but we used the cheapest possible resin and got about 20 parts out before the molds gave up. Hope that helps. Cheers, Dave.

I enjoy the projects you do. Any thoughts on selling plans for the bigger machines?

@ActionBOX

Жыл бұрын

Which machines specifically? Cheers

@matthewmiller6979

Жыл бұрын

@@ActionBOX Any. I'm most interested in the full-size injection molder.

I make tons of plastisol fishing molds at home, would be interesting to see what can be done with thermoplastic. The lures need to be hollow inside with chambers for rattle and balance as well as a way to tie them on.

@ActionBOX

6 ай бұрын

I'm sure there is a way to do it if you put time to think it through. We've done many interesting projects with INJEKTO.

@getfastfish5020

6 ай бұрын

sadly it's out of my budget right now but maybe a few years down the line@@ActionBOX

Would this work for fishing baits as well? Edit: Nvm. It was already covered lol

I need Injecto 2.0 :D

Injekto 2.0 can be used to inject plastic into a mini soldier figure (with high details and thin parts) 3d printed mold?

@ActionBOX

Жыл бұрын

Yes. We will make a video about it

me: mom can we get legos mom: we have legos at home legos at home: i just had to make the joke lol

@ActionBOX

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha so funny 😂

I need to take a course or something on fusion 360 because I tried using it to make stuff to 3D print and I had a rough time lol

@ActionBOX

8 ай бұрын

With a bit of practice you’ll be surprised how quickly you can become good at it!

@jakejacobson2999

8 ай бұрын

@@ActionBOX I just need somebody to show me for five minutes just how to do some things and then I’m sure I’ll get it lol and usually I’m pretty good with programs like that when I was in school I set up a cnc plasma cutter and configured the whole program for my teacher, but fusion 360 is just so powerful lol

@jakejacobson2999

8 ай бұрын

@@ActionBOX do you recommend any good tutorials?

Would the sanded(?) sides of the clear molds become more see-through if you added a layer of oil or clear lacquer or something similar on it?

@ActionBOX

Жыл бұрын

Yes they would. In fact we should have done that in the video. Thanks for a great suggestion.

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When I was in high school or junior high we had an injection molding machine which we could make all kinds of stupid stuff. From chess pieces, rubber bottle caps and a bunch of other stuff. It was super cool. I do not recall how we clamped them.

@ActionBOX

Жыл бұрын

That’s pretty cool for a high school shop.

This 2.0 looks really good.

@ActionBOX

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 😃

Injecto 2.0 is soo cool nice work😎 I am currently studying Industrial design and really appreciate the simplicity and efficiency of your machine design. Keep up the great work cant wait for the next video💪

Nice :)

sink marks will appear if the wall thickness is thicker than it's surroundings, this means that there is more hot material that will take more time to cool off and therefore it will contract at one side. solution: Make a new cavity that decrease the total volume of the buttons by follow the outline and have a uniform wall thickness

@ActionBOX

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 😃

what material or resin are the grey blocks, did you resin print them or 3d print them ?

@ActionBOX

6 ай бұрын

We resin 3d printed them out of the cheapest resin we found on Amazon

@zigiantelsarkaoui4536

6 ай бұрын

interesting🙂 looks ABS like@@ActionBOX

Billie Ruben's method of using wax to smooth the interior of your mold may help produce smoother results and might also ease the removal process.

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we need that machine at Argentina 100%

Are you able to create a mold from resin on a resin printer? Am I understanding this right?

@ActionBOX

Ай бұрын

Yessir, and then use INJEKTO to fill the mold.

@ralfor14

Ай бұрын

@@ActionBOX that's really cool I'm learning more about these methods and always assumes your mold bad to be made of metal due to the heat involved.

Dam I wish I had the money for one of these I never knew you could even get a desktop injection machine 😱😱😱

@ActionBOX

Жыл бұрын

You can now. It’s called “Injekto” Cheers, Dave

If I had this I will make America Great Again, that will be the truth 😃 thanks for sharing 🙏

@ActionBOX

Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked the video.

Which clear resin did you get? I want:-)

@ActionBOX

Жыл бұрын

Just some stuff we found on Amazon. It was the cheapest option. Works great. Cheers.

You should add a leader to your lures. That way there's something to tie a fishing line to.

@ActionBOX

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion! 😄

Hi from Iceland, I love your videos and hope win 🙏😃

Do you sell those injection molds? If I put those molds in an oven and try to melt HDPE plastic into it, will your injection mold melt?

@ActionBOX

3 ай бұрын

We don't sell the molds. We only sell the desktop injection molding machine at actionbox.ca

Nice

@ActionBOX

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

Is i possible to make long mold to make plastic 8020 rails

@ActionBOX

Жыл бұрын

That’s an interesting idea. I assume it’s possible with the right equipment.

If you keep recycling PLA with your injection machine will the quality get worse over the cycles?

@ActionBOX

Жыл бұрын

Yes, it will. Hope that help. Cheers