Fabricating your own bumpers?

Tommy-D

Tommy-D

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> Has anyone here ever used one of those rubber molding kits and experimented with making your own bumpers? There was a thread about this way back in the CCB days and I can't remember who said they had and what materials were involved. Thanks as always,Tommy D.
 
This has been discussed a few times. It's hard to find in the search engine, but I was able to find the following post for you:
Mr H

macguy said:
I have cast my own bumpers for years using the Smooth on products. It is very easy to make molds for most simple bumpers.
http://www.smooth-on.com/

You tint them with tintsall
http://www.sheffieldbronze.com/tintsall/
You can make a lot of nice colors. All shades of brown or reds what ever you like. I like dark gray but have made dark red that looked really nice. The molds can be made out of Delrin on the lathe in just a few minutes. The T type bumpers are the easiest but you can actually make anything. For the limited amount of bumpers the average cue maker uses it is no problem.
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There is some additional info in this thread.
 
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now thats cool

Tommy-D said:
> Has anyone here ever used one of those rubber molding kits and experimented with making your own bumpers? There was a thread about this way back in the CCB days and I can't remember who said they had and what materials were involved. Thanks as always,Tommy D.
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im gonna have to try that.
 
i have built some molds iwould be willing to sell one of the smaller ones and supply your materials and acessories let me know...lee
 
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