Originally posted by marximus
i am not even looking for a profit from the sales, just a compinsation for the price of the materials. i love doin this stuff, so that is my reward.
Believe me, the VX accessory market is not one to venture in acquiring wealth. My "profits" get quickly turned around into reinvesting in the creation and development of new products for the VX. Sometimes the product succeeds. Other times, it fails. But overall, it balances itself out one way or another. My passion in creating these products are just that, passion. And like you, I find great interest and joy in developing a product and exposing it to the world for those to admire or ridicule. Doesn't matter who thinks what, the point is that it's YOUR creation. Like all ambitions, this IS just a small example of anyone wishing to push the envelope of their ideas no matter how wacky or mundane. Actions like this SHOULD be encouraged rather than DISCOURAGED. So from one fabricator to the next, I say PUSH ON and don't look back. I'm sure that's probably what the Isuzu Design team had said something similar to that respect regarding the revealing of the VX for the first time.
Regarding duplicating your fangs, vacuum-forming probably wouldn't work or be the best solution. One, because you'd have to have the fangs already pre-bent to the same curve as found on the surface of the insert. Since a facuum-formed part is pretty much fixed in its shape. Also attaching it to the insert would be difficult since you would have a hollow cavity and no real surface area to attach the double-sided tape.
What I intend is to create silicone rubber negative molds from the ABS machined fangs that I have currently. Once the molds are cured, you would have a negative impression of the fangs in the silicone mold. Simply mix a 2-part resin such as "fast-cast" which is quite durable, sandable, paintable, and will cure in minutes and pour or inject into your silicone mold. Once cured and hardened, pop the part out and hand finish to the level of painting. The whole process is quite easy and quick, except for the painting process. One quick note, it helps to have a vacuum-chamber to "de-gas" your silicone mixture to force all the bubbles out otherwise you'll end up with a part with a lot of bubble pits throughout your part which you'll have to remedy with bondo later.
Good luck & hope this helps.
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