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He used these 3 types:

CYCOLAC KJW (melt flow: 4 g/10 min)
CYCOLAC T (melt flow: 1.7 g/10 min)
CYCOLAC MG38 (melt flow: 3.7 g/10 min)

He was able to get them to inject, but with some...

Well, it looks like the $1500 benchtop injection molder (hand-crack) model does work with ABS resin :(

So, it looks like I'm going to have to expand my search to the AB series, Minijectors, and...

I just added flood coolant to my Taig for under $100. Here's my setup:


$10 : Loc-Line sample nozzle & connector pack from Modular.
$15 : 335GPH fountain pump from eBay
$25 : 1 Gallon...

I have a brand-new Taig 2018CR-ER and after doing the disassambly-and-nut-adjust featured on Nick Carters Taig pages, I got my backlash to .002".

I typically mill symmetrical 1" mold cavities 1/4"...

I just bought the Taig 2018 CR-ER which is the smallest Taig but CNC ready (motor mounts & ER-16 Spindle)

I'm using 3V Automation Direct 276oz/in steppers @ 48V, each driven by an eighth stepping...

Phil - Thanks! I see! 1W of power is consumed when cutting 1/64" deep at 12.5 IPM

Most of the hobby-type brushless motors seem to be able to produce 100W easily. This cheap 3800 KV motor & ESC...

Mike, the brushless motors I'm looking at have metal cases. That should help with the heat dissipation I hope. As for driving them, the controllers expect a .5ms to 1.5ms width signal to vary...

Ok, so I broke down and bought a high speed spindle from Wolfgang for my soon-to-arrive Taig. Since he just released a heavy-duty Taig mount for his spindles, the combined purchase was too hard to...

I called one of the "hand-crank" injector manufacturers, and he says he hasn't yet tested his machine with ABS.

I'm sending him some triple-five ABS samples for him to try, and I'll report back...

Sage advice, Mark. Thanks! I'll look into the hand-crank version, and see if it can produce what I need, with sufficient quality to test the parts before committing them to a production mold.

Do...

Thanks for all of the tips, guys.

I ended up buying a Taig 2018CR-ER from Andrew at www.computersculpture.com. It seemed my best bet for high resolution and for milling the tiny stuff I need. ...

I'm looking at milling my own mold inserts for the Mini-Jector Wasp #45 Bench top injection molding machine. However, the machine is spendy, and I don't want to commit to something that won't work...

Tony, will Cut3D allow me to "reverse" mill, so I can create injection mold cavities as well?

---Will

Thanks for the input, guys. It sounds as if I choose an X3, then the quality of components in the CNC conversion is the most critical decision.

From what I can tell, the Syil-America Super XCNC...

I own and operate a small Lego-compatible toy company (www.brickarms.com) that sells small (1/2 gram) detailed injection molded parts. I had 8x8 steel molds made, but they are very expensive. I'd...