Here's an interesting link (graphics speaks louder than words):
Smart Materials - Polymorph - Shaping by Hand
This new plastic melts at low temperatures (in hot water at 60-70 degrees) - then can be molded by hand and machined to perfection into any shape - doh! even a mouthpiece? I guess so; we can make a cast of your preferred mouthpiece (Selmer, Morgan, Link etc.) and then press a second lump of this melted polymorph granules into the cast and wait until the stuff is hard enough...and if it doesn't work? Well, back into hot water again and reshape using another method (nothing wasted) - yep, the stuff is totally recyclable too!!
Now, I'm aware some in this forum are budding technicians who are thinking of building their own mouthpieces so this new polymorph granules might provide the perfect answer - surely prototyping has never been so easy.
more links:
http://www.tomps.com/shop/polymorph-thermoplastic-1kg-p-207.html
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzghjRrZZws
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h3NOpoHNr8
Smart Materials - Polymorph - Shaping by Hand
This new plastic melts at low temperatures (in hot water at 60-70 degrees) - then can be molded by hand and machined to perfection into any shape - doh! even a mouthpiece? I guess so; we can make a cast of your preferred mouthpiece (Selmer, Morgan, Link etc.) and then press a second lump of this melted polymorph granules into the cast and wait until the stuff is hard enough...and if it doesn't work? Well, back into hot water again and reshape using another method (nothing wasted) - yep, the stuff is totally recyclable too!!
Now, I'm aware some in this forum are budding technicians who are thinking of building their own mouthpieces so this new polymorph granules might provide the perfect answer - surely prototyping has never been so easy.
more links:
http://www.tomps.com/shop/polymorph-thermoplastic-1kg-p-207.html
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