Does anyone know of a good plastic to mill and is easy to find. It is for a new type of fin box and it has to be able to bond with polyester resin. What type of plastic is used with FCS plugs and leash plugs?
djorg-- go to any plastics retailer (we have “tap plastics” in the san francisco bay area) and buy a block of ABS. it machines like butter. make sure your cutter isn’t spinning too fast or it will melt the material. go with a slow feed rate and you’ll be pleased. kirk
D, Are you coming up with a new inivention? Patent it and let me know when it is out on the market. I am eager to try a new inproved fin-box or plug system. Steve PS. Take a plug or FCS piece to your local plastics machinist or plastics store and he’ll let you know the type of stock. From my litle machining experience, it is crucial to have a slow feed rate and tools speed. I have worked with polycarbs and they are great to work with as a mock up. There is are plexies, but the specialized polycarbs like the ones used in under water camera housings made by Ikelite are nice to work with.
D,>>> Are you coming up with a new inivention? Patent it and let me know when it > is out on the market. I am eager to try a new inproved fin-box or plug > system.>>> Steve Steve- One of the engineers that I work with and I came up with a fin system about 5 years ago. I don’t want to give away too much… but you can move the side and back fins up and back 1/2" and the cant 1/4" out or in all with the same set of fins. The first prototype was done with aluminum. Now I am looking at it and know that it is much better than every system out there. The first set could use either FCS Fins or Curtis Foils. As for the systems out today I really like Red-X because they feel like glass-ons and you can move 1/4", but are a bitch to repair. I like FCS because of ease of install and repair. Thanks for the help…D>>> PS. Take a plug or FCS piece to your local plastics machinist or plastics > store and he’ll let you know the type of stock. From my litle machining > experience, it is crucial to have a slow feed rate and tools speed. I have > worked with polycarbs and they are great to work with as a mock up. There > is are plexies, but the specialized polycarbs like the ones used in under > water camera housings made by Ikelite are nice to work with.
Steve- One of the engineers that I work with and I came up with a fin > system about 5 years ago. I don’t want to give away too much… but you > can move the side and back fins up and back 1/2" and the cant > 1/4" out or in all with the same set of fins. The first prototype was > done with aluminum. Now I am looking at it and know that it is much better > than every system out there. The first set could use either FCS Fins or > Curtis Foils. As for the systems out today I really like Red-X because > they feel like glass-ons and you can move 1/4", but are a bitch to > repair. I like FCS because of ease of install and repair.>>> Thanks for the help…D I like Delrin for small prototype work.