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maybe molding is not so easy as I saw in the vids,, maybe I will have a disappointment, I am willing
to take that risk,, looks to me like a fun evening project,, and a chance to thumb
my nose at the gun control grabbers!
Hey if you are not happy you can always argue the point with your credit card company.
Also, I would call the company and ask them that instead of putting it into an oven after its removed from the mold to leave at room temp ... how long would it be (I would say 1-2 weeks to be the same). I would not put them into an oven that you would use to prepare food. I have a Blue M oven for such use but I doubt such a device is held by the avg person.
And use putty knives instead of a screwdriver to separate ... I can see mold damage the way that they show it. I would also pre-heat the mold to 100-120F (no higher) to aid in eliminating air pockets.
If the mold was teflon then maybe I could see the cost. But it looks to be poly ... it costs $$$ to make the molds that make the molds and they can be expensive but I think that they have priced themselves out of the market. Saying it costs $25 to produce one is nice but that is not how the marketplace works.
The product is likely an epoxy ... the reagents cost about 1-5 dollars a pound. You can ask for the MSDSs for the reagents - that may offer some insight. It could be a urethane, but the costs of those resins are about the same and epoxy is likely a better resin for the end use.
Now if it was the cost for 5 AR-10 lowers, that would make better $$$ sense to me.
I can get polymer lowers for 20 bucks .. but I prefer metal, even cast ones.
Its an interesting product but the cost needs to come down.
Have fun, post pics of the final product and of your experiences with it.