This week's assignment is to design and to make a 3D mold (~ft2), and to produce a fiber composite part in it.
In this assignment, I decided to make a mask such as the Venetian mask.
14-1. Making molds & sheets for composites
[Tool]
Software: Rhinoceros (MacOSX), Adobe Illustrator CS5
3DPrinting machine: Makerbot Replicator2
Laser cutting machine: trotec speedy100
[Material]
Molds: PLA, PVC sheet(W:450mm/H:450mm/D:0.5mm)
Composites: Felt (polyester 100%), Epoxy resin
[Proccess]
1.Making molds
I extruded a surface and save it as stl data for doing 3D printing.
Rhinoceros Data > mask_160507.3dm
Vacuum forming is a method of molding sheets of plastic into 3D shapes using the force created by an air vacuum. In this assignment, I used PVC sheet.
A female mold was completed.
2.Making sheets for composites
14-2. Creating the composite
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And, I tried making another one.
[Material]
- Mold: Styrofoam
- Sheets: Felt x2, Cotton cloth x1, Linen cloth x3
[Tool]
- Roland MDX-20
[Data]
- flyingdisk_160706.3dm
[Photo]
- [FabAcademy2016] Week14 Composites
Please refer to this photo page for how to make.