Hi,
I need to be able to take a surface cast of a piece of machinery, in a location where I won't be able to take any roughness measuring equipment. I need to be able to take the measurements off the casts later on.
Any suggestions what I should use? I'm thinking of coating with mold release and then using a mix of epoxy and bog, backing with fiberglass?
What do you think, is there a readily available product to do this?
Regards,
Tony Mulholland
Tony:
Struers, who make metallurgical equipment sell a metrology csting rubber called Repliset. See
A similar series of products called Reprorubber are sold in the U.S. made by Flexbar. Look up reprorubber on
Pittsburgh Pete
You can use the products mentioned above. I found the Repliset a bit messy but it did work. Dental moulding compounds will also work, and I have used these for such work. Most Engineering supplies or chemicals catalogues will have something that will do the job.
There is also a harder compound called Facsimile made by Flexbar. See
Pittsburgh Pete
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