Getting a little further along. Not sure what happened to the earlier photos.........................
Core cutting on the CNC.
Each side had to be done.
In to the tank for some matching up work.
The extremely primitive design on the bench.
And then in the injection machine for its first test.
The results of the first shots were not good. The sides and top were not coming together at the same time. First there was flash on the top, I shimmed it up, and then there was flash on the sides. It is going to require some very tricky shims to get things right but the bits that did come out looked promising.
Not sure if it will work or not in the end, but it is kind of fun getting this close. :?
I am going to send it back to the tank to mate the sides together again and then find some shims of various thicknesses. It may work........................