Week 12

Molding and Casting

Making a mess with silicon and concrete

Casting a concrete base for a balancing cardboard cactus.
Obviously.

Balance Base


A section through the mold, showing clearances to bottom and top of the hemisphere

Roughing out the positive mold from machinable wax

Make chips, not war!

The wax mold finished with a 6mm ball end mill

The wax mold with illuminated from the back, showing edge cuts

Kit for making the silicone mold

Casting the silicone mold into the wax positive

The cast concrete part with a shrinkage crack on the top surface

The cast part popped out of the mold with no problems

A preview of the base doing its thing

A view of the cast part upside-down

Files

Fusion 360 Archive (372kB) - cactus-base-mold_v3.f3d

TODOs

☑ Design a 3D mold
☑ Machine it
☑ Cast parts from it

Links

Fab Academy 2016 - Molding and Casting
View the design in the browser - View on Autodesk 360