how they make our plastic tubs

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keastman
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how they make our plastic tubs

Post by keastman » Wed Jul 13, 2016 2:36 pm

Not to single out Jackson kayaks only but thought this was a neat video to see how they go about making our vessels. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVnA-TXlk-M
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Re: how they make our plastic tubs

Post by gumby » Wed Jul 13, 2016 3:46 pm

Got to love that rotational molding.
I had a class in that in college, but it was a much smaller roto-molding machine.
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Re: how they make our plastic tubs

Post by Kahuna13 » Wed Jul 13, 2016 7:37 pm

Very cool! Thanks :thumbright:
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Re: how they make our plastic tubs

Post by Mudfish » Thu Jul 14, 2016 4:48 pm

Dang... I sure have spent a lot of money for a few buckets of plastic beads.
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Re: how they make our plastic tubs

Post by papanfisher » Wed Jul 20, 2016 5:47 pm

Yes I enjoyed watching that. It's amazing what they can do now a days.

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