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Week 12

MOLDING AND CASTING

For this assignment I decided to create a gear using Inventor

The final design was as shown in pictures
I decided not to use Shopbot for this assignment, but to use the laser cutter machine, trying to use different tools

In order to create the mold I used Silicon rubber compound OOMOO, part A and B in 1:1 proportion

After waiting 3 hours (aprox) you can get the mold

Then I did the Casting using gympsum cement. I had just a single problem. I mistook Instamold for cement, so the first casting was looking funny. Fortunately the mold was still able to cast a few times more. So I used cement this time, and it worked. I also have to say that we accelerated the drying time aplying hot air to the mold. It improved a lot the time it took to dry.

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