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Posted by Stealth Pilot on August 18, 2008, 10:39 am
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>> necessity is the mother of invention and all that.
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>> I need a 6 inch length of 20mm dia plastic and cant find a local
>> supplier that I can get to in lunch breaks.
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>> I was looking at the stack of coca cola PET bottles I've collected and
>> wondered what tricks there were to melting this down to a rod of
>> machinable plastic. the properties of the neck plastic seem ok.
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>> are there techniques that work well enough in the workshop?
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>> what are the pitfalls to remelting something like PET?
>> does the remelt have the usual strength properties once it has cooled?
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>> (the gingery injection moulding thread showed some knowledgeable guys
>> around)
>>
>> Stealth Pilot
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>What suburb are you woring in? Canning Vale? Osb Park? Belmont?
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applecross. I really should take the full hour for lunch but it is
busy.
the suppliers I knew seem to have moved or gone bust.
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> necessity is the mother of invention and all that.
>
> I need a 6 inch length of 20mm dia plastic and cant find a local
> supplier that I can get to in lunch breaks.
>
> I was looking at the stack of coca cola PET bottles I've collected and
> wondered what tricks there were to melting this down to a rod of
> machinable plastic. the properties of the neck plastic seem ok.
>
> are there techniques that work well enough in the workshop?
>
> what are the pitfalls to remelting something like PET?
> does the remelt have the usual strength properties once it has cooled?
>
> (the gingery injection moulding thread showed some knowledgeable guys
> around)
>
> Stealth Pilot