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Old 01-07-2021, 04:52 PM   #71 (permalink)
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"But easy enough to vacuum pressure form."


http://www.ckdeluxe.com/wp-content/u.../1045-edit.jpg

Check out the M00N Saturn disks. ....and the frontal area.

edit: I just found that I'd saved this an album, a ventilated M00N disk.


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Old 01-08-2021, 09:41 AM   #72 (permalink)
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You don't usually mold canopies because the plastic optically exaggerates any defect a mold has. I believe the term is called free form and uses plates to restrict only the attachment edges. Everthing else is done with gravity and heat, sometimes air pressure aka blowmolding.
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True. A circular plate can give optical quality. A male or female slump form would have to be near-perfect or it will show any imperfection as the wheel rotates.

I'd go with aluminum, else paint a spiral on it.

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