Composite Tooling and Molds-  Turn Point Design specializes in CNC cut female molds.  We can create a mold or tool directly from a variety of substrates including tooling foams, graphite, composites, plywood, plastics, and aluminum.  We can help you choose a substrate depending on the number of parts you need to produce and the temperatures the mold will need to withstand.  If accuracy is of utmost importance, we can probe the part once machined to find the true tolerances achieved and produce a detailed report.

Large Molds and Tools-  Turn Point Design is uniquely setup to cut and fabricate large format molds up to 30’ in length.   For large molds our construction method of choice is to strip plank plywood over OSB frames.  This rough buck is then put onto the 5-axis machine to cut the geometry to high accuracy.  Once off the machine the parts have a light layer of epoxy and fiberglass laminated over them to seal the surface and then high build primer which can be taken to a mirror finish.   This type of mold is quite a bit more stable/robust than the foam and putty types produced by our competitors.  It can also be more affordable.

CNC Station Mold before machining

CNC Machined L Foil Plug

Instrument Mold w/ Insert machined from Monolithic Graphite

Plug ready to pull a production tool from

Plugs and Production Molds-  Turn Point Design can machine a plug or one-off tool at high levels of accuracy.  Once the tool is machined we can spray Duratec primer, sand and buff out to a high gloss.  At this point in the process the mold could be ready to use or if it is a plug we can use it to produce a production mold that is ready to make your parts.