I will certainly look into that option. I always thought because of the temperature and pressure of injection moulding, the tool had to be toughened steel. A softer material might be OK for a smaller run but I will certainly ask the guy who made our tool and the moulder.
I will ask the dear wife to phone around colleges.
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Cheers Carole, keeping my fingers crossed for a good response. I reckon this could be a good product for beaches and soft soils.
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Rob,
Our Mechanical engineer is on holiday at the moment, so I can't ask "he who knows".
But I think that I'm right in saying that's the difference between hard and soft tooling. Soft tooling as you say will be good for a limited production run, after which tolerances start to creep.
For something like a tent peg cover I'd be inclined to try to design in some allowance for the tolerance creep and squeeze a bit more life out of the soft tool.
Cheers, Mike, looking forward to any info you can offer.
I think that the only part of the mould that could cause a problem is the piece that would create the cavity for the peg to slip into. If this was machined absolutely square then even a slight rounding of the corners would not create a problem for a while. The actual flat surface of the insert would take a long time to wear away.
I like the sound of this.
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Topic: Different pegs for different conditions
