"Looking for a USA based plastics manufacturer" Topic
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| BattleGuys | 11 Feb 2014 8:22 p.m. PST |
I am looking for a domestic option for plastics injection of 15-40mm plastics figures. It is amazing how difficult finding a domestic source has been. Its easy to find Chinese manufacturer but I cannot find a good resource for USA manufacturers. Can anyone help? |
| Chacrinha | 11 Feb 2014 11:05 p.m. PST |
Defiance Games? They are US based. No, sorry that was just wrong, you shouldn't even joke about it. |
| Ran The Cid | 11 Feb 2014 11:23 p.m. PST |
Proxie Models: proxiemodels.com One man shop working with injection plastic. Reaper was able to purchase a molding machine for their Texas facility following their successful Kickstarter. |
| Princeps | 11 Feb 2014 11:36 p.m. PST |
You are a very, very, bad man Chacrinha, but a funny one. Avoid Definance Games like the plague. |
| JezEger | 11 Feb 2014 11:39 p.m. PST |
If spin cast plastic is an option, Ed at Trollforged is another US manufacturer. |
| napthyme | 12 Feb 2014 3:42 p.m. PST |
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 EccentricTodd  | 12 Feb 2014 5:59 p.m. PST |
Have you looked for "Mold & Die" companies on google. I put in that on google maps and there are at least a dozen in my area (Ravenna, Ohio). You might have to call a few. The best way I could get any kind of rough prices was to say the following "I am looking for a ball park quote, nothing to hold you to". That works has worked well for me. The last thing they want to do is give a high level estimate and be held accountable to it. I think you will want to have as much as you can figured out before you start talking to people.
If your figure digital, or just in physical form
Is it separated into part
Do you have parting lines figured out
please say you don't need slides and undercuts
Plastic (I hope Polystyrene, High Impact PolyStyrene (HIPS))
How many parts/sprues |
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