What is Hobby injection molding?

Hobby injection molding machines, also known as benchtop injectors, hold molds on a smaller scale. Benchtop injectors have become more common as inexpensive CNC milling machines have reduced the cost of producing molds in a home workshop.

In hobby injectors injection pressure is generated manually by the operator, with a lever or gear translating the operator's effort to the required pressure. The most common hobby injection machine uses a handle to press down with. This enables the user to generate roughly 250 pounds-force of downward force, through the use of leverage.