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I tried an experiment today, which turned out badly. I put the molds in a vacuum pot while they cured, thinking it might help suck out the last of the tiny bubbles that occasionally mess up the edges of a particular adapter. Well, it sucked out bubbles, all right, but left massive voids which did NOT refill as the resin set up.
So those adapters got cut up (I'm cheap - the copper clips were worth saving) but I thought some of you might like to see how the clips are molded into the adapters. (Please ignore the skewed look as the vacuum kept the resin from completely filling the mold, and ignore the bubbles - those aren't there in adapters I let out the door.) I believe I have said before that the bottom of the copper clip has a hole in the middle of it, so the resin flows completely through it and "connects" the resin above and below the clip base. Once the resin sets up, that clip just ain't coming out without some major surgery.
Thanks for the continuing business.
Last edited by wrangler5; 11-12-2012 at 12:41 AM.
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