[meteorite-list] NWA 5000 Mold Making Images

Raremeteorites raremeteorites at centurylink.net
Mon Jul 11 14:57:11 EDT 2016


Dear List Members,

Many have been asking what the NWA 5000 casting mold system looks like. 
Here are a few images of the system I designed, created and build in 2007. 
I chose accuracy over durability when building this first generation system. 
I was going to take a first generation master casting and produce a mold for 
mass production but this option has been taken away from me since a total of 
at least 10 castings (7 a which were unauthorized) have already degraded the 
master mold. The maximum for a master is five.

You only have one shot at perfection and the unauthorized multiple use of a 
thermosetting polymer, which heats up the mold, has degraded the master mold 
forever compromising the ability to make perfect replicas.

Links:

http://themeteoritesite.com/adam/MoldCasting/Mold-a.JPG

http://themeteoritesite.com/adam/MoldCasting/Mold-b.JPG

http://themeteoritesite.com/adam/MoldCasting/Mold-c.JPG

http://themeteoritesite.com/adam/MoldCasting/Mold-d.JPG

http://themeteoritesite.com/adam/MoldCasting/Mold-e.JPG

http://themeteoritesite.com/adam/MoldCasting/Mold-f.JPG

I ask in the future that people respect each others intellectual property. 
I spent over 200 hours producing this mold, just to have it ruined in the 
name of a few bucks,

Adam




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