Whoops, sorry about the double post.

Good info. How do you know the expresses use nylon?

He's right. It says it almost everywhere here.
Even in the plate description. "A nylon grind plate manufactured by HSL."

Maybe they are out Soaping!

Cool, does anyone know enough about materials science to say whether that is the ideal material or if there is a better one?

if you view the instructables you'll find that people have used a cutting board in the past to simulate a grind plate

I already know about the instructables. How do you think I got my zip-plates?

You are one of us guys too, LIGERZERO7. Everyone's input is equally valid and valued.

Only read the start of the wiki so far but it seems like the best kind of nylon would be a molybdenum sulfide-filled variant because...

...apparently "Nylon is a generic designation for a family of synthetic polymers known generically as aliphatic polyamides" (so, yes, there are loads of types).

...and "molybdenum sulfide-filled variants ... increase lubricity" (i.e. they glide better!).

And what wiki did you find that on?

*didn't get too much of that*

Thanks for the hint.

And holy crap, haven't seen you in forever!

Well, I wish you luck on the(hopefully doable) soaping!

Always make your molds square or rectangular. I used a circle the first time and had to punch the air inlet through the top of the mold. It worked okay, but it's so much easier to attach rubber bands to hold the halves of the mold together on a flat surface. Order/make disposable measuring cups and get a big pile of plain wood mix sticks. You'd be surprised how hard it is to find something to mix with that you don't mind destroying. Before it sets up, urethane will bond with other plastics and "melt" or discolor them. It also melts rubber bands pretty reliably. Order and use mold release every time to increase the lifetime of your mold. Thinking back it may have been the 65D Smooth Cast I used to make the best plate, I don't quite remember. I'll have to go look at what I have next time I'm down at my dad's house. I wouldn't use anything softer than the 61 though. One of the prototypes we made using a softer plastic is like a gummy bear, or a skateboard wheel. Let your mold set up overnight before you try to cast in it. I know it's really exciting, but the mold likes to stick to it's other half and tear on the surface if it's not well set up.
I'll try to think of more hints and tips as I go about the day.

Great info, again!

Because many of us have unused plates... (or even used plates with a nice groove cut in), this method can be used to keep ourselves stocked with fresh plates in our own size for now!

And later the skills will be valuable once we have our own plate shapes designed too.

This xjustinx character needs to be banned.
HE'S THE REASON WE NEED A MOD ON HERE!!!

Ah well, at least I can continue to post without looking through 3 pages of empty threads and spam.

btw, sorry about the argument earlier I get that our opinions differ and that I shouldnt've intervened. I just thought that if I sorted out the argument between you three, maybe we could all just post like normal.

Also, can you try and be a little nicer too, it hurts me a bit more than usual thanks to my autism.

Doing what?

Cool, want sure because there was also conversation about mods on the thread just now.

Well... this'll take some time you know? If people are actually going to do some stuff maybe they'll probably be doing it over summer I guess since no school? Hopefully?

Good luck. Sorry can't do much I've still got a month of school left so I'll try whatever if I can.