Creating a Mould

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=56 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="019a0a03.jpg"> <div> Creating a Mould</div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=160 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <B>Back to:</B></div> <div> <A HREF="our_services_mould_making.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Services"><U><I><B>Our Services</B></I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="0e3792d0.jpg" border=0 width="121" height="45" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=424 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0e5d04e0.jpg" border=0 width="208" height="78" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <I><B> <A NAME="creating_a_mould"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I><I><B>Creating a Mould:</B></I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>The following photos depict the creation of a rubber injection mould</B></div> <div> <B>for a tractor gear shift boot.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0a933cc0.jpg" border=0 width="307" height="204" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Starting the mould core from a block of prehardened steel</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0abefcc0.jpg" border=0 width="239" height="204" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="0adc5c90.jpg" border=0 width="197" height="201" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Continued machining on the core</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0b703ea0.jpg" border=0 width="259" height="234" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>The completed core</B></div> <div> <B>Creating the cavity:</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0b905cc0.jpg" border=0 width="261" height="204" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="0be0acb0.jpg" border=0 width="266" height="203" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Work begins on one half of the cavity</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Completing the cavity:</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B> <IMG SRC="12e17c30.jpg" border=0 width="279" height="195" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="0c2b9c30.jpg" border=0 width="185" height="195" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Hand polishing the cavity and the completed piece</B></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>