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ind. controls:
Hello group,

I am an enigneer for a manufacturing company and I have been toying with the idea of making some limited runs of replacement parts, specifically small rubber parts (gromets, gaskets, etc.).
I do not want to get into anything like windshield gaskets or anything like that, but I do have the capacity to mold a high tech silicone rubber into parts that will resemble the originals but last much longer as well as make cut gaskets from foam rubber.
I am also toying with the idea of reproducing cloth covered wiring - only in a silicone insulated wire with a fiberglass outer braid that resembles the cloth covering. I would love to have some samples if someone is willing to cut some wiring out of a parts car for me.
As for the other products, there would obvioulsy have to be some meaningful need for a reasonable qty and I would have to have at least a semi-surviving sample.
JD

kaiserfrazerlibrary:
I would suggest contacting Adam Harder, current head of the Manufacturing Fund for possibilities.

Jim B PEI:
There are quite a few small parts which might be a good fit. Of course, "certain taillight lens" would lead the way!

Not to replace the Manufacturing Fund, but perhaps working with the Manufacturing Fund to see what could be done, find good examples of rare bits, and to market the parts afterwards.

ind. controls:
Thanks.
           I currently have the capacity to stamp sponge rubber gaskets and mold silicone rubber parts as well as the whole wire thing. I can mold and extrude plastic, but a taillight lense is not something I have tried yet. Ideally a lens would be best injection molded and not cast... I will ponder on it and see what can be done.

JD

kaiserfrazerlibrary:
A few years ago, there was a company in the Northeast that developed a method to produce short-run (less than 5000 shots) graphite based tooling for die casting and it worked as long as you used ZA10 alloy.  Cost for a small but intricate part was around 10-20,000 dollars.  Is there something similar these days for injection molding plastic (material temp and pressure could be similar?) because the tooling cost is the killer.  Actual run of tail lights would probably be around 100 sets or so. 

As I understand it, the 10 or so sets of 1951 Frazer tail lights were core boxed rather than injection moulded and were run out at cost.

Yes, I have about 15 years of die casting and 3 years of sand foundry casting experience making things from handles for Amana microwave ovens to the Trim Parts and Danchuck reproduction 1957 Chevy center grille bars (different tooling for each company) up to 3.0 Duratec Ford engine blocks.

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