>raven concealment pays $60,000 for an individual holster mold

>>32026295

>not understanding injection molding

How much do you think a mold for something small like a Magpul trigger guard is?

>>32026295
And then they can charge whatever they'd like for what costs them literally pennies in materials to produce. Pretty quick return on that initial investment

>>32026305
if they're injection molded then yeah, 60k sounds about right.

>>32026295
sounds cheap for an injection molding die.

>>32026295
Thats the stupidest thing ive ever heard

>>32028371
mostly because you dont know your ass from a hole in the ground

>>32028381
I do. The difference is significant.

>>32028460
Your uncle has never fucked a hole in the ground?

You guys dont tralize thst those molds only last a short while

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>>32028500
fucking kekked out loud

>>32026295
$60,000...

Guys at the gun show did it for $20 with a heat gun and a bit of plastic.

>>32028771
Wel I made mine out of $5.00 of modeling clay and put it in the oven with the little tiger and penguin I made. Shits gonna be so sweet.

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>>32028500

>>32026295
Ive seen injection mould that are hundreds of thousands fs of pounds for 5p throwaway parts

>>32028771
that's small scale though. Lower setup cost, more manual labor per item. Injection molding is large scale. High setup cost, less manual labor per item (paying an outsourced worker to trim the mold line with a razor)

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>>32028500
lel

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>>32028500

Sounds about right for a quality mold, but I can agree that it seems a bit pricey, as I don't think Raven is going to molding millions of holsters 24/7 for decades.
I currently work at a company that makes mostly electrical sockets and light switches, and we have moulds that are about 30 years that are running 24/7 pressing parts.
An Engel injection moulding machine is about 25k alone if I recall correctly.. Then depending on what setup you are running, the cooling attachments for mold might be expensive as well and then there is if you going to have your mold be a magnetic slide in setup so you can switch molds as fast as possible or if you are going to have to use a crane to get it in. I think our target time is between 12 and 20 minutes to switch out the tooling and reprogram the machine for a different product.
In theory, our factory could switch from making electrical supplies to Glock frames and Lego in a matter of hours.

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>>32028500
Kek'd n check'd

>>32028581
"no"

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>>32028500
Perfect execution.