Does anyone have any experience with having a plug made from CAD to 3d CNC foam plug?
I'm curious how expensive it is, considering lofting and all of the shaping issues and expense it might be more cost effective to go that rout for in many cases. I saw one case on here where a builder had his stations cut on CNC and then went to conventional method and was struggling solving all the usual issues.
I know there are companies that will take a design and go to foam a plug and give you back production molds which would be very expensive and I'm sure it would take a bit to have it bid. I'm sure they would do any part of that process you wanted.
Just was curious about having a foam plug made and taking it from there, I'm building a one off foam design now, sure would be a huge short cut to have it rough shaped at least, symmetrical and exact. I enjoy the sculpting side of it and designing on the fly but I would also enjoy starting out about a 100 hrs ahead. LOL
I'm curious how expensive it is, considering lofting and all of the shaping issues and expense it might be more cost effective to go that rout for in many cases. I saw one case on here where a builder had his stations cut on CNC and then went to conventional method and was struggling solving all the usual issues.
I know there are companies that will take a design and go to foam a plug and give you back production molds which would be very expensive and I'm sure it would take a bit to have it bid. I'm sure they would do any part of that process you wanted.
Just was curious about having a foam plug made and taking it from there, I'm building a one off foam design now, sure would be a huge short cut to have it rough shaped at least, symmetrical and exact. I enjoy the sculpting side of it and designing on the fly but I would also enjoy starting out about a 100 hrs ahead. LOL