kmmcrafts Posted June 29, 2019 Report Share Posted June 29, 2019 This just come across my FB page.. I thought it was interesting enough to share it here.. OCtoolguy and crupiea 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sycamore67 Posted June 29, 2019 Report Share Posted June 29, 2019 I have yet to try this but the pop bottles and water bottles are like shrink tubing. I really need to try it out. kmmcrafts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgman Posted June 29, 2019 Report Share Posted June 29, 2019 Yeah, that is attractive OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teachnlearn Posted June 29, 2019 Report Share Posted June 29, 2019 Great, I'm going to look for a large enough bottle to hold my car together. RJF OCtoolguy, kmmcrafts, John B and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crupiea Posted June 29, 2019 Report Share Posted June 29, 2019 Looks like cool idea. Wonder if it actually works that well. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted June 29, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2019 2 hours ago, teachnlearn said: Great, I'm going to look for a large enough bottle to hold my car together. RJF I need 3 of them if you find some.. WayneMahler and OCtoolguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrye Posted June 29, 2019 Report Share Posted June 29, 2019 Same idea, different take Pretty much any polymer based material will shrink when heated, but not all will stay shrunk. Back when I was selling packaging materials, ie shrink and other films, my manager and I one day when bored tried shrinking every type of film that we had, and they all shrunk. A few of them loosened over time. This looks interesting. If someone tries it, report back on your results! OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teachnlearn Posted June 29, 2019 Report Share Posted June 29, 2019 Reminds me of kits that had a plastic. Draw on it, toss it in the oven and it shrunk. Think it was called Shrinky Dink. RJF OCtoolguy, Dave Monk and John B 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fab4 Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 Don't know if this works yet or not but the overall look of it once done is not too appealing to the eyes Fab4 OCtoolguy, John B and Dave Monk 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 Looks like something that Russia might use to send up in space. They pretty much "junk" stuff together. crupiea 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 Yeah Ray. We spent a fortune developing a pen that would write in space. The Russians used a pencil. I only knew that from playing Trivial Pursuit. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 Interesting idea, but calling somebody and artist who makes stuff that looks like that really is a drawing a long bow. I wouldn't have it in my shed never mind my house stoney and OCtoolguy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teachnlearn Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 Spent a summer working in a plastic blow molding factory. We had wooden dowels, when the plastic bottles stuck in the mold we used the dowel to pry them out before the molds snapped shut for the next cycle. High tech stuff. The machines extruded a hollow hot plastic tube that the molds snapped shut on and blew up in the bottle shaped mold. When guys got bored they would stick the dowels in the hot plastic, spin it and make odd shaped handles, whatever that stuck to the dowel. We made bottles for baby wipes. I would imagine any bottle with enough heat applied would go back to a plastic goo. We took the reject bottles, ground them which was fed back to the plastic machine for reuse. So the plastic is reusable. RJF OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teachnlearn Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 3 hours ago, Fab4 said: Don't know if this works yet or not but the overall look of it once done is not too appealing to the eyes Fab4 I imagine a clear plastic water bottle would do the same thing. RJF John B 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sycamore67 Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 Not appealing but maybe useful at times. kmmcrafts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted June 30, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 7 hours ago, teachnlearn said: Spent a summer working in a plastic blow molding factory. We had wooden dowels, when the plastic bottles stuck in the mold we used the dowel to pry them out before the molds snapped shut for the next cycle. High tech stuff. The machines extruded a hollow hot plastic tube that the molds snapped shut on and blew up in the bottle shaped mold. When guys got bored they would stick the dowels in the hot plastic, spin it and make odd shaped handles, whatever that stuck to the dowel. We made bottles for baby wipes. I would imagine any bottle with enough heat applied would go back to a plastic goo. We took the reject bottles, ground them which was fed back to the plastic machine for reuse. So the plastic is reusable. RJF I spent 12 years in a injection mold factory.. we made shopping cart baskets.. and hand held baskets milk crates etc.. Your story of the wood dowels digging the item out of the mold reminded me of us having to do that... We used metal rod with a handle and a hook on the end of it to dig them loose... had to be quick at it or you'd be shut in the door... Had to be good with all the work crew because the coworker on your line had to stand by the kill switch, LOL... If only OSHA knew they was having us do that when the push pins on the mold stopped working but they needed to get the order out the door before they could shut it down.. Thankfully I never run the machines much as I was a fork lift driver.. teachnlearn and OCtoolguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teachnlearn Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 7 hours ago, kmmcrafts said: I spent 12 years in a injection mold factory.. we made shopping cart baskets.. and hand held baskets milk crates etc.. Your story of the wood dowels digging the item out of the mold reminded me of us having to do that... We used metal rod with a handle and a hook on the end of it to dig them loose... had to be quick at it or you'd be shut in the door... Had to be good with all the work crew because the coworker on your line had to stand by the kill switch, LOL... If only OSHA knew they was having us do that when the push pins on the mold stopped working but they needed to get the order out the door before they could shut it down.. Thankfully I never run the machines much as I was a fork lift driver.. When I worked factories, I wondered if OSHA did anything. When the plastic bottles came off the blow molding machine they were blown up a wire cage system to the ceiling of the factory. The cage arched and fed a trimmer that cut the top off. Many times the bottles stuck at the top of the cage. One guy would always step of each fork of the fork lift and was lifted up to pull the bottles apart. Did this the whole summer I worked there. Heard he fell from the top and hit the concrete floor and is a quadriplegic. Not once was he stopped or did they think maybe this wasn't smart. RJF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teachnlearn Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 19 hours ago, octoolguy said: Looks like something that Russia might use to send up in space. They pretty much "junk" stuff together. Finally read the bottom of your posts. Do you give everyone in the village discounts for tools? RJF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 1 minute ago, teachnlearn said: Finally read the bottom of your posts. Do you give everyone in the village discounts for tools? RJF Did you miss the word "retired"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teachnlearn Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 18 minutes ago, octoolguy said: Did you miss the word "retired"? Well now you have a retirement income so selling tools at a BIG DISCOUNT to us POOR village folks would be a little pickup money for you. RJF OCtoolguy and kmmcrafts 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 Just now, teachnlearn said: Well now you have a retirement income so selling tools at a BIG DISCOUNT to us POOR village folks would be a little pickup money for you. RJF Well, I still have many of my old contacts but most of it was for mechanical tools. BUT, my son is now in the business up in Colorado Springs. So, I guess I still have my foot in it vicariously. If you know anybody who wants to by their own boss, tell them to PM me. It's a great way to make a living and call your own shots. I highly recommend it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crupiea Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 22 hours ago, octoolguy said: Looks like something that Russia might use to send up in space. They pretty much "junk" stuff together. For sure. lol OCtoolguy and John B 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jollyred Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 That might come in handy on a camping trip, when something breaks. Just stick a plastic bottle on it and hold it over the fire for a few minutes. Wouldn't think that it is a permanent fix, however. After some time in the sun most plastic bottles become quite brittle and break easily. John B and OCtoolguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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