You can print a PLA pattern that is the same as the desired final object
but expanded by the amount the metal contracts and then build a sand or
plaster mould around it.
PLA can be burned out just as easily as wax.
On Sat, 4 Mar 2023 at 19:24, Steve Schlaifer steve@jetcafe.org wrote:
You could use this as the start of a lost wax process.
Steve Schlaifer
On Mar 3, 2023 at 4:07 AM -0800, Sanjeev Prabhakar <
sprabhakar2006@gmail.com>, wrote:
Guenther
I am not planning to do anything with this.
I was just checking if dies can be modelled with this approach.
In the process I found it is very complex right now to do something like
this. But lot of learning from this challenging work.
On Fri, 3 Mar, 2023, 3:38 pm Guenther Sohler, guenther.sohler@gmail.com
wrote:
it looks very nice!
Whats your workflow like?
apparently you cannot pour molten metal onto the plastic
On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 6:45 PM Sanjeev Prabhakar <
sprabhakar2006@gmail.com> wrote:
bottom mould completely done in openscad.
<Screenshot 2023-03-02 at 11.10.21 PM.png>
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That's a good idea, will give it a try in our next project.
On Sun, 5 Mar, 2023, 12:59 am nop head, nop.head@gmail.com wrote:
You can print a PLA pattern that is the same as the desired final object
but expanded by the amount the metal contracts and then build a sand or
plaster mould around it.
PLA can be burned out just as easily as wax.
On Sat, 4 Mar 2023 at 19:24, Steve Schlaifer steve@jetcafe.org wrote:
You could use this as the start of a lost wax process.
Steve Schlaifer
On Mar 3, 2023 at 4:07 AM -0800, Sanjeev Prabhakar <
sprabhakar2006@gmail.com>, wrote:
Guenther
I am not planning to do anything with this.
I was just checking if dies can be modelled with this approach.
In the process I found it is very complex right now to do something like
this. But lot of learning from this challenging work.
On Fri, 3 Mar, 2023, 3:38 pm Guenther Sohler, guenther.sohler@gmail.com
wrote:
it looks very nice!
Whats your workflow like?
apparently you cannot pour molten metal onto the plastic
On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 6:45 PM Sanjeev Prabhakar <
sprabhakar2006@gmail.com> wrote:
bottom mould completely done in openscad.
<Screenshot 2023-03-02 at 11.10.21 PM.png>
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My father was a pattern maker, long before 3D printing was a thing. He made
the patterns out of wood manually and had a set of rulers that were out by
the contraction ratios of different metals, which I still have.
On Sun, 5 Mar 2023 at 08:30, Sanjeev Prabhakar sprabhakar2006@gmail.com
wrote:
That's a good idea, will give it a try in our next project.
On Sun, 5 Mar, 2023, 12:59 am nop head, nop.head@gmail.com wrote:
You can print a PLA pattern that is the same as the desired final object
but expanded by the amount the metal contracts and then build a sand or
plaster mould around it.
PLA can be burned out just as easily as wax.
On Sat, 4 Mar 2023 at 19:24, Steve Schlaifer steve@jetcafe.org wrote:
You could use this as the start of a lost wax process.
Steve Schlaifer
On Mar 3, 2023 at 4:07 AM -0800, Sanjeev Prabhakar <
sprabhakar2006@gmail.com>, wrote:
Guenther
I am not planning to do anything with this.
I was just checking if dies can be modelled with this approach.
In the process I found it is very complex right now to do something like
this. But lot of learning from this challenging work.
On Fri, 3 Mar, 2023, 3:38 pm Guenther Sohler, guenther.sohler@gmail.com
wrote:
it looks very nice!
Whats your workflow like?
apparently you cannot pour molten metal onto the plastic
On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 6:45 PM Sanjeev Prabhakar <
sprabhakar2006@gmail.com> wrote:
bottom mould completely done in openscad.
<Screenshot 2023-03-02 at 11.10.21 PM.png>
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Wow
Great to hear that
I have almost no experience of sand moulding, but we have made hundreds of
die casting moulds if not thousands.
In Engineering we have designers who mainly work on expensive softwares
like nx , Catia, creo, autocad etc.
It's very easy to make mould designs in these softwares, although I don't
work on that.
Many times I show our designers that openscad could be an alternative for
some type of designs.
But it seems they don't take me seriously and it's fine.
I like openscad although till date almost no professional work is done by
me on this, but I intend to make few functions which could be useful for
professional use.
On Sun, 5 Mar, 2023, 2:20 pm nop head, nop.head@gmail.com wrote:
My father was a pattern maker, long before 3D printing was a thing. He
made the patterns out of wood manually and had a set of rulers that were
out by the contraction ratios of different metals, which I still have.
On Sun, 5 Mar 2023 at 08:30, Sanjeev Prabhakar sprabhakar2006@gmail.com
wrote:
That's a good idea, will give it a try in our next project.
On Sun, 5 Mar, 2023, 12:59 am nop head, nop.head@gmail.com wrote:
You can print a PLA pattern that is the same as the desired final object
but expanded by the amount the metal contracts and then build a sand or
plaster mould around it.
PLA can be burned out just as easily as wax.
On Sat, 4 Mar 2023 at 19:24, Steve Schlaifer steve@jetcafe.org wrote:
You could use this as the start of a lost wax process.
Steve Schlaifer
On Mar 3, 2023 at 4:07 AM -0800, Sanjeev Prabhakar <
sprabhakar2006@gmail.com>, wrote:
Guenther
I am not planning to do anything with this.
I was just checking if dies can be modelled with this approach.
In the process I found it is very complex right now to do something
like this. But lot of learning from this challenging work.
On Fri, 3 Mar, 2023, 3:38 pm Guenther Sohler, <
guenther.sohler@gmail.com> wrote:
it looks very nice!
Whats your workflow like?
apparently you cannot pour molten metal onto the plastic
On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 6:45 PM Sanjeev Prabhakar <
sprabhakar2006@gmail.com> wrote:
bottom mould completely done in openscad.
<Screenshot 2023-03-02 at 11.10.21 PM.png>
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I've been thinking about 3d printing molds, say for polyurethane foam
casting.
I never quite put in the effort to do it.
I'm a novice in this.
I'd seem making 3d printed molds may be difficult as it is after all
rather soft materials, and that the expanding foam may expand so much
the mold could deform.
And that it requires a mold release, which i'd guess things that could
be tried could include shoe polish, baby powder, silicone oil (spray)
etc, silicone spray is actually used in metal molds i'd guess.
that is actually the lesser of problems, but that i'm not sure how toxic
is the polyurethane materials after all MDI etc if it would necessitate
using a proper VOC respirator etc, quite expensive but may after all be
necessary. expanding foams are quite easy to buy say from construction
products businesses, e.g. for foam insulation etc.
no need for the speciality types, just that handling the chemicals I'd
guess would need quite some precautions, VOC respirator etc.
On 05/03/2023 20:37, Sanjeev Prabhakar wrote:
Wow
Great to hear that
I have almost no experience of sand moulding, but we have made
hundreds of die casting moulds if not thousands.
In Engineering we have designers who mainly work on expensive
softwares like nx , Catia, creo, autocad etc.
It's very easy to make mould designs in these softwares, although I
don't work on that.
Many times I show our designers that openscad could be an alternative
for some type of designs.
But it seems they don't take me seriously and it's fine.
I like openscad although till date almost no professional work is done
by me on this, but I intend to make few functions which could be
useful for professional use.
On Sun, 5 Mar, 2023, 2:20 pm nop head, <nop.head@gmail.com
mailto:nop.head@gmail.com> wrote:
My father was a pattern maker, long before 3D printing was a
thing. He made the patterns out of wood manually and had a set of
rulers that were out by the contraction ratios of different
metals, which I still have.
On Sun, 5 Mar 2023 at 08:30, Sanjeev Prabhakar
<sprabhakar2006@gmail.com <mailto:sprabhakar2006@gmail.com>> wrote:
That's a good idea, will give it a try in our next project.
On Sun, 5 Mar, 2023, 12:59 am nop head, <nop.head@gmail.com
<mailto:nop.head@gmail.com>> wrote:
You can print a PLA pattern that is the same as the
desired final object but expanded by the amount the metal
contracts and then build a sand or plaster mould around it.
PLA can be burned out just as easily as wax.
On Sat, 4 Mar 2023 at 19:24, Steve Schlaifer
<steve@jetcafe.org <mailto:steve@jetcafe.org>> wrote:
You could use this as the start of a lost wax process.
Steve Schlaifer
On Mar 3, 2023 at 4:07 AM -0800, Sanjeev Prabhakar
<sprabhakar2006@gmail.com
<mailto:sprabhakar2006@gmail.com>>, wrote:
Guenther
I am not planning to do anything with this.
I was just checking if dies can be modelled with this
approach.
In the process I found it is very complex right now
to do something like this. But lot of learning from
this challenging work.
On Fri, 3 Mar, 2023, 3:38 pm Guenther Sohler,
<guenther.sohler@gmail.com
<mailto:guenther.sohler@gmail.com>> wrote:
it looks very nice!
Whats your workflow like?
apparently you cannot pour molten metal onto the
plastic
On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 6:45 PM Sanjeev Prabhakar
<sprabhakar2006@gmail.com
<mailto:sprabhakar2006@gmail.com>> wrote:
bottom mould completely done in openscad.
<Screenshot 2023-03-02 at 11.10.21 PM.png>
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