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  - text: "You can buy my mold, or my mold design from the precious plastic bazar or my website (links below), or design a version yourself.\n(with anything Precious Plastic related that sells on my website, I donate 5% of the sales to https://preciousplastic.com/support) \n\nhttps://bazar.preciousplastic.com/moulds/injection-moulds/aluminum-mold-for-recycled-skateboard-deck-rails/\nhttps://bazar.preciousplastic.com/moulds/injection-moulds/3d-model-cad-for-mold-for-recycled-skateboard-deck-rails/"
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  - text: "If you buy my mold, then you’ll receive it in about 4 weeks. \n\nIf you buy my mold design, then you’ll immediately receive the file, but you’ll still need to have the mold made, which leaves two options:\n     - Make it yourself\n     - Send it to someone to make the mold:\n          - Your local CNC machinist \n          - Whoever is the most local mold maker to you on the Precious Plastic Bazar \n"
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    title: "Reycled Used Plastic"
    text: "Collect used plastic to shred and shred it, or buy pre-shredded plastic:\n\nhttps://bazar.preciousplastic.com/machines/shredder/ \nhttps://bazar.preciousplastic.com/raw-material/plastic/ \n\n(I’ve found that type #2 HDPE has worked best for me for durability and boardsliding, but I’d love to hear what other people find if another plastic type works better/differently for them)\n"
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    text: "Buy or build an injection machine\n\nhttps://bazar.preciousplastic.com/machines/injection/\nhttps://youtu.be/qtZv96ciFIU\n\n(also, I realize that an extruder might be a better Precious Plastic machine for this product. That said, I can’t afford an extruder, so I’ve been using the injection machine. I’d love to hear any feedback if someone out there makes these rails with an extruder.)\n"
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    text: "Learn how to use your new injection machine and mold and get a better understanding of plastics:\n\nhttps://community.preciousplastic.com/academy/ \nhttps://community.preciousplastic.com/how-to/work-with-the-injection-machine\n\nWhen going through this educational step, if you have any questions feel free to email me at preciousplasticpasadena@gmail.com"
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  - text: "Screws are needed to attach the rails to the bottom of a skateboard. Order screws that fit the rails and work with skateboard decks (this took a lot of trial and error to figure out which screws work best).\n\nHere's the options I found that work best:\n     - Order these: https://www.mcmaster.com/91555A101/ \n     - If you’re not able to order through McMaster, find screws that match the image attached to this step.\n\nI recommend using a plain non-powered phillips head screwdriver to screw the rails onto a board and not strip out the wood. But an electric drill can work if you’re delicate.\n"
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    text: "Make your own recycled rails, and anything else that you can think of to have injection molds made of! And happy recycling!"
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