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Material: what are the materials to use?
By:Stan Jelinek
Date: 1/4/2002, 11:28 pm

looking for complete, concise overview on materials and processes:
graphite: what is it?, a powder?, a liquid? a composite? a polymer? , how is it processed and shaped? mix up and cure?, is heat involved?,vacuform?,blowmold?,injectmold?,pourmold?
Same for polyethylene, royalex, kevlar, etc.

Also, what are costs and suppliers for raw materials?
Also, what are some basic ways for making molds, and associated costs?

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Material: what are the materials to use?
Stan Jelinek -- 1/4/2002, 11:28 pm
Some reading materials
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/6/2002, 1:01 am