Hi,
My juno 60 bender wheel, I want to make a spare, wots the best material to make a molding please.
Thanx.
RM
Wots the best material for molding this bender wheel please ?
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- KVRian
- 610 posts since 28 Nov, 2006
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- KVRAF
- 6323 posts since 30 Dec, 2004 from London uk
Porridge
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- KVRian
- 777 posts since 13 Dec, 2011
I once had a Roland W-30 where the stick on the pitch bend wheel was broken. I used the nose of a smurf and glued it on there. It turned out to be *better* than the original (I had two W-30s at the time, making it easy to compare side-by-side), as it had a much better grip and was slightly flexible. 
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- Beware the Quoth
- 35449 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
Sorry, just to be clear do you mean what to make the mould from, or what to make a moulded copy from?ranger3 wrote:Hi,
My juno 60 bender wheel, I want to make a spare, wots the best material to make a molding please.
Thanx.
RM
What's the original made from?
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 610 posts since 28 Nov, 2006
Hi,
I want to make a mold to copy from, so I can have a spare bender wheel.
Thanx.
I want to make a mold to copy from, so I can have a spare bender wheel.
Thanx.
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- addled muppet weed
- 111294 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
but are you asking what material for the mould
or
what material for the pitch wheel?
either way, id just buy one considering without the correct tools it will be shit.
you need proper air injection to makke such things, its not really soething you could just knock up with any old equipent.
would be cheaper to buy the replaceent. or stop messing with it, it will fall off. didnt your parents tell you that!?
or
what material for the pitch wheel?
either way, id just buy one considering without the correct tools it will be shit.
you need proper air injection to makke such things, its not really soething you could just knock up with any old equipent.
would be cheaper to buy the replaceent. or stop messing with it, it will fall off. didnt your parents tell you that!?
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- Beware the Quoth
- 35449 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
Yes, I got that bit. I dont think it answers my questions, though.ranger3 wrote:Hi,
I want to make a mold to copy from, so I can have a spare bender wheel.
Thanx.
So, again, to be clear, do you mean :
1) what to make the mould from,
or
2) what to make the moulded copy from?
Also, as I also asked, what's the original made from?
An idiot on Set Theory:
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 610 posts since 28 Nov, 2006
Hi,
Sorry if I'm not clear,
Basically I have the wheel, so I want to copy it, so I want to make a molding of the wheel to then insert some liquid plastic of some type into the mold to then have the copy item of the original wheel.
My original is a hard plastic, not sure of a specific type...
Sorry if I'm not clear,
Basically I have the wheel, so I want to copy it, so I want to make a molding of the wheel to then insert some liquid plastic of some type into the mold to then have the copy item of the original wheel.
My original is a hard plastic, not sure of a specific type...
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- Beware the Quoth
- 35449 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
I came across this site recently, it'd probably be worth having a dig through their tutorials.ranger3 wrote:Hi,
Sorry if I'm not clear,
Basically I have the wheel, so I want to copy it, so I want to make a molding of the wheel to then insert some liquid plastic of some type into the mold to then have the copy item of the original wheel.
My original is a hard plastic, not sure of a specific type...
http://www.smooth-on.com/
Alternately, instructables.com has some similar material but you probably need to dig a bit for it
http://www.instructables.com/id/Duplica ... tic-resin/
An idiot on Set Theory:
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 610 posts since 28 Nov, 2006
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- KVRAF
- 1586 posts since 7 Jun, 2007
Have you considered 3D printing? Your local university/tech college may have the tools to 3D scan the wheel and then print it, or an obliging student could measure it and make a CAD model of it for you (the scanning bit is time consuming, depending on the method used, so getting an accurate enough CAD model done and 3D printed could be cheaper.
I mention trying at an educational institution because my cousin works in exactly this field at my city's main university. They're able to do one-off things much more cheaply than commercial guys because the uni is subsidized.
just a thought
I mention trying at an educational institution because my cousin works in exactly this field at my city's main university. They're able to do one-off things much more cheaply than commercial guys because the uni is subsidized.
just a thought
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 610 posts since 28 Nov, 2006