[Noisebridge-discuss] Who wants Kilograms of Shapelock?

Martin Bogomolni martinbogo at gmail.com
Fri Mar 12 20:15:20 UTC 2010


Put me in for $20 worth of the material.  I've found more uses for
ShapeLok that I can shake a stick at lately.

-Martin

On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 1:58 PM, Corey McGuire <coreyfro at coreyfro.com> wrote:
> Instead of buying the name brand material for $1.50 an oz, I am looking for
> a source of CAPA 6800 at $10 a kg or about $0.30 an oz.  I might need to get
> this in a 20kg volume (that's right, I'm measuring volume in grams!)  That
> means a $200 purchase.  maybe more with shipping and distributor specific
> pricing, but I have it on authority that $10 a KG is not unreasonable.
> Anyone who knows of a source, please help me out.  Right now I am looking to
> work with Tri-ISO.
>
> Who is interested?  Do I have $200 of interest in Shapelock?  Or, how many
> KG would you like at $10 a KG?  The more interest, the more likely the
> chance of success.
> Ripped from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycaprolactone :
>
> PCL also has many applications in the hobbyist market. Some brand names used
> in selling it to this market are Shapelock and Friendly Plastic in the US,
> and Polymorph in the UK. It has physical properties of a very tough,
> nylon-like plastic that melts to a putty-like consistency at only 60°C.
> PCL's specific heat and conductivity are low enough that it isn't hard to
> handle at this temperature.This makes it ideal for small-scale modeling,
> part fabrication, repair of plastic objects, and rapid prototyping where
> heat resistance isn't needed. Though molten PCL readily sticks to many other
> plastics, if the surface is cooled, the stickiness can be minimized while
> still leaving the mass pliable.
>
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> --Coreyfro
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