>>10361663Thanks so much for the detailed responses! It's nice to see I'm not the only person who bought one of those machines lol. Sadly it seems like some of my frustrations with it are just due to the build since you also have them.
>As you press down and push out the molten plastic the un-melted pellets will take their place and you will have to wait for them to heat up too, so you will need to pace your injections.So what is the averageshot size you've been able to accomplish with this machine then? What percentage of the chamber? (It's rated for a 1.8 cubic inch shot size) When only like the bottom 20% of the chamber actually gets melted enough, that's really not much of a usable shot size to be able to inject into anything in one singlemotion. You can't do more than one shot into the same mold cavity because the molten plastic from the previous shot will be cooled without reaching the outer edges of the cavity already. Or maybe I'm not quite understanding what you meant...
>So while it is tempting to turn up the heat, you will only damage the plastic and contaminate your work environmentYes, I'm very health focused and took all the precautions to not do any harm to myself or start any fires. I use this in the garage with the door open away from the house, masked and with safety glasses and heat gloves. When I said 'raising the temps' for the plastic type, I meant to the top of the recommended ranges provided. Even before reaching the top of the melting point range provided, some have begun to scorch or smoke lightly and it's worried me so I bump the temp down a few degrees. Maybe I do need to get a digital thermometer to double check that the temp reading I'm getting from the machine are accurate.
