Check out my key!

[mera308gts]

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I'll buy one !

[tobygaff]

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Mine.

making some for tobygaff too.

Looking forward to them....

[MacGyver]

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What type and where do you get the silicon too make molds..Please..Thanks Luke

Luke,
Most casting supplys came from www.jgreer.com as well as Tap and Smooth on. The silicone is from jgreer

[lukester]

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What type and where do you get the silicon too make molds..Please..Thanks Luke

[MacGyver]

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Here are the two outer molds waiting for the resin to harden. I used Urethane rubber for these molds because I will also be using them to make a carbon fiber key head as well. The Urethane rubber has a much higher shore hardness and will work better when I attempt to use them to make my carbon fiber key head.The silicone mold is to soft to work with when laying carbon fiber into it.

[MacGyver]

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This is a photo of the mold for the center section that the key is shaped around just before pouring the black casting plastic.

[MacGyver]

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For the center area I used a piece of ¼” plastic that I shaped and made a third mold.

[MacGyver]

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I cut out a piece of ABS plastic and cut it the shape of what I wanted for a key head. I then copied it in black resin plastic and using my dremel tool, I cut in the area of where the F logo will be. From there I made a another mold of that piece as well.

[MacGyver]

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For those of you who would like a tutorial of how I made my key. This is how it was done.

I started out with having my original key copied with a plastic cover. These types of keys have a smaller head after you remove the plastic and are easier to mold new plastic around it.

[wolfeydawg]

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I think all those are good looking keys...

[jntramey]

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Mine.

making some for tobygaff too.

[kit4me]

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Looks great.

I need to do that for my car. It's the little details...

[Bxtech]

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MacGyver........Looks great! Fantastic job! Looks OE.

Goyal 99......that key is real!

[goyal99]

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Yours is not bad....


Mine is better! ;D

[mikebrnch]

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My car is still a pile of parts to hopefully be a 430 someday. In the meantime, I at least finished the key. I made it from epoxy resin and black casting plastic. Since I am using the Sebring column on my build. There is plenty of room for this big key.

What do you all think?

Looks great MacGyver. Where did you get the mini-hood emblem? And I can completely relate to the relationship you have with you car btw.

michael