Mold Making Articles by Randy Hough

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10 Things Most People Do Not Know About Precision Measurement Tools	Indexable End Mills, Cutting Tools And Precision Machine Shops
Laser Machining And Plastic Injection Mold Making	What's It Like To Be a Plastic Injection Mold Maker?
Ten Top Tips For Mold Making	Plastic Mold Components and Why You Should Use Purchased Ones
Electrical Discharge Machining and How To Prevent Pitting	Plastic Blow Molding and the Environment
Injection Mold Design of Gates - Do You Like Your Cell Phone?	Is EDM Graphite Dust Dangerous?

Randy Hough lived, traveled, and studied in Europe for 3 years after college at Colorado State University, where he was an art major.

After marrying in Denmark, he and his wife settled in Wisconsin, and he graduated from the Winona Technical Institute in Minnesota in 1978. Randy then became a mold making apprentice with the state of Wisconsin.

After the 4 year apprenticeship, he worked at several shops to broaden his experience and finally settled in the beautiful Upper Valley of Vermont, where he lives and works. His main emphasis has been CNC EDM and the hand work side of mold making.

At present Randy is involved in web site work regarding plastic injection molding/mold making as a means to make use of some of his accumulated knowledge. You can see two sites at:

Global Plastic Injection Molding

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