This does not seem very efficient. At the very least, you should get yourself a few pneumatic cylinders. Then you can open/close the mold and extract the part at the push of a button. It might take you a day tops to build, but you will practically automate all future mass productions for a few hundred bucks if you don't have your own compressor. 12mm bore 50mm stroke double action pneumatic actuators for ~$5 each (2 sides, 4 per mold half + 1 per pin = $80) and 2 steel mounting plates drilled full of holes, although the cylinders have 6060 extrusion T slots I think a steel base is more rigid. I would make the mounting plates big enough to fit many size molds and drill the holes spaced exactly for the pneumatic cylinders to make them reconfigurable. Then you can screw the cylinder wherever you need to hold a mold or push pin and add some steel blocks as spacers to adjust the gaps. Bolt each mounting plate to a stand and use some "all thread" rods to tie the 4 corners together using some of the spare mounting holes. Don't forget to add LEVER LOCKS instead of clamps. If you wanna get really lazy make 2 U shaped stands to hold the crucible while you pour and add a motor. PS. The cylinders are $4.95 on AliExpress. The 2 way pneumatic toggle switch is $1-5, and 10 fittings are $1-5 depending on sales.
Awesome, definitely here for more of these longer form videos
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It's something I avoid because of all the unknowns. Thanks for making this less intimidating. Cheers.
This does not seem very efficient. At the very least, you should get yourself a few pneumatic cylinders. Then you can open/close the mold and extract the part at the push of a button. It might take you a day tops to build, but you will practically automate all future mass productions for a few hundred bucks if you don't have your own compressor.
12mm bore 50mm stroke double action pneumatic actuators for ~$5 each (2 sides, 4 per mold half + 1 per pin = $80) and 2 steel mounting plates drilled full of holes, although the cylinders have 6060 extrusion T slots I think a steel base is more rigid.
I would make the mounting plates big enough to fit many size molds and drill the holes spaced exactly for the pneumatic cylinders to make them reconfigurable. Then you can screw the cylinder wherever you need to hold a mold or push pin and add some steel blocks as spacers to adjust the gaps. Bolt each mounting plate to a stand and use some "all thread" rods to tie the 4 corners together using some of the spare mounting holes. Don't forget to add LEVER LOCKS instead of clamps.
If you wanna get really lazy make 2 U shaped stands to hold the crucible while you pour and add a motor.
PS. The cylinders are $4.95 on AliExpress. The 2 way pneumatic toggle switch is $1-5, and 10 fittings are $1-5 depending on sales.