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Update, I just poured silicone in a negative to make a mold for the egg crate frag plug
 
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Very rough mold, going to be focusing on surface quality and leg quality, I got a vibrating plate to shake bubbles out of the concrete(been tested and works) poured a second round of new plugs with the table
 
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Test fit for the frame, still need to dial in the plugs but slowly coming along
 

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It has to do with the grate size, I would have to do substantially bigger to get them to butt up against each other( can do it)
 

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Aren't these just a copy of the Ecotech plugs? Hopefully Ecotech doesn't have a patent on the design, or you could find yourself with an issue if you try to sell them.
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Aren't these just a copy of the Ecotech plugs? Hopefully Ecotech doesn't have a patent on the design, or you could find yourself with an issue if you try to sell them.
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It is different, dimensions are completely different. Plus the ecotech don’t butt up against each other. Plus I’m pretty sure they don’t have a patent(I looked ecotech and it’s patent company) they are based off them though, my original frame idea is for them. I just thought I can make it better. Plus I haven’t sold any, might just keep it as a pet project and do personal use
 

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That's what I thought

Back in the day

I bought some frags from a vendor who used concrete for homemade frag plugs

I could not cut them with bone cutters, the material was too hard
 
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That's what I thought

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I bought some frags from a vendor who used concrete for homemade frag plugs

I could not cut them with bone cutters, the material was too hard
The hope is to not cut, essentially work with a “seeded” frag plug. Just pop it in a new tile and it just grows straight across
 
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Why don’t you just 3d print the plugs instead of messing with concrete
Believe it or not cement is a lot cheaper, a kilogram(2.2pounds I think) of filament will cost me 20$. 50 pounds costed me a little over 15$.the money is really in the silicone for the molds, but I can pop out like 250 at a time. But to be honest I did a lot of adjusting, I could have probably make enough molds to do 500ish at a time.
 

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