Though this is cool and I appreciate the ethos here the article doesn't really spell it out.
All the cost, difficulty, time and money in injection molding is in the molds. They are expensive.
When done well they can make 1000's of parts if not more.
It's a great project, an amazing POC. There is the potential for small scale (garage sized) manufacturing to exist, the equipment is the cost of a (nice) car...
All the cost, difficulty, time and money in injection molding is in the molds. They are expensive.
When done well they can make 1000's of parts if not more.
It's a great project, an amazing POC. There is the potential for small scale (garage sized) manufacturing to exist, the equipment is the cost of a (nice) car...