How is a mold made for-say a plastic car model?

February 28, 2010 - 1:27 am 1 Comment

Any answer except "hire a skilled moldmaker" is welcome!
How does the moldmaker make the mold?
Is it a lost wax process? Is it cast? or machined?
(I can’t imagine machining a toy soldier or action figure)

I don’t know if this totally answers your question, but it’s definitely a neat site anyway:
http://manufacturing.stanford.edu/hetm.html

One Response to “How is a mold made for-say a plastic car model?”

  1. shellbugger Says:

    I don’t know if this totally answers your question, but it’s definitely a neat site anyway:
    http://manufacturing.stanford.edu/hetm.html
    References :

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