Week 13: Molding & Casting


regional review

SAM

Forrest

Kirsjanis

https://gitlab.com/kriwkrow/pico-nc

Patrick

machine presentations

https://www.canva.com/design/DAGlT7vD1CA/bbiWMnfEYs4slItCdsIM9A/watch

local class

guerilla guide to CNC machining

https://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/gcnc/

https://thenounproject.com (not free anymore 😒)

How to a make Crystal Clear Ice Sphere

https://www.smooth-on.com/product-line/mold-max/?quicksearch

https://fabacademy.org/2021/labs/kamplintfort/students/mattissen-gerhard/assignments/week15/

https://fabacademy.org/2021/labs/kamplintfort/students/mattissen-gerhard/assignments/week18/

https://fabacademy.org/archives/2015/eu/students/postma.ronald/02_progress/week_09.html

https://fabacademy.org/2020/labs/leon/students/adrian-torres/week15.html

ferris File-A-Wax 148x88x37mm

https://youtu.be/wMRSPXt48CI?si=QapaiAiej4CBpQQa

3D Printed Injection Molds - The Crafsman Steady Craftin

Lifecasting:


Blender - mods

If you model your part in blender, you should start with a cube 49.3333 m x 44 m x 18.5 m in size.

Hmm....I was just about to document the blender - mods - workflow when this happened: If the roughing doesn't enter in a hole and the finishing is 5 mm deeper, the tool breaks.

Let's use Fusion 😒

Fusion

Extrude a box 49,3333 m x 44 m x 18,5
Create a cavity 2mm from the edge, 15,5 mm deep. If you give the sidewalls a 10° draft angle, you won't be able to hit it with the 1mm mill.


Place your svg (imported with the right scale factor of 3,77957518)

and extrude it.

In the Manufacturing workbench we create a setup, with a stock of 0-offset and the origin bottom-left at the upper corner:

For the roughing I use "Adaptive Clearing" with the following settings:



For the finishing I use Parallel:


Total time is 23:27

Materials

General

Specification

Material Pot Life Cure time Mix Ratio Useful Temp (max) Useful Temp (min) Heat Deflection Temp Shore Hardness
Mold Star 15 SLOW 50 min 4 h 1:1 232 °C -53 °C - 15A
Mold Star 30 45 min 6 h 1:1 232 °C -53 °C - 30A
Sorta-Clear 37 25 min 4 h 1:1 - - - 37 A
Smooth Cast 305 7 min 30 min 1:1 - - 50 °C 70 D
Smooth Cast 326 7-9 min 60 min 1:1 - - 50 °C 72 D

General Info about (Shore Hardness Scale)

Shorehardness.png

Safety Information

Mold Materials



Cast Materials

off the shelf materials:

Chocolate

We have the https://springlane.de/products/sous-vide-garer-henry-inkl-vakuumierer-und-vakuumiertuten