Hey guys,
I was having a nightmare trying to review a castable resin last week so I never had
chance to do a video. As I was like a bear with a sore head, this gave me an idea of
what to make this time.
I looked to Thingiverse as usual for something to work with.
Now funnily enough, someone wrote to me in a huff about doing this. We’ll call him
Peter, Peter Ness. He said taking files from Thingiverse was stealing. I just deleted his
message and didn’t think it wise to engage with him. I thought it might effect the medication
he’s obviously taking.
But for those who aren’t sure, Wikipedia says this, “Thingiverse is a website dedicated
to the sharing of user-created digital design files.” So that’s the whole point. People
are kind enough to donate these files to the maker community. I’ve even added a few files
there myself. So don’t be afraid to make use of these excellent free resource guys.
As I
planned on using castable resin again, I incorporated a semicircular sprue into the design. You
don’t have to do this, but I like the simplicity of it. It only uses pennies worth of resin
so it’s not much different in price to using a wax sprue. But it’s much more convenient.
As you can see, I’m also casting a few files things for other folks.
I’m going to be using Powercast Burn resin once again.
As I’ve come to expect, it prints beautifully. It was just a matter of cutting away any supports
and sanding any blemishes with fine graded paper.
I bought a wax melting pen this week. I’ve fancied giving one of these a go for a while.
I’ve placed a link to one on Amazon in the description so you can see what you’re looking
for. They’re not badly priced and I’ve enjoyed using this one. It’s much cleaner
and more controlled than an alcohol burner.
Folks have also been asking me about my pouring basin. Well for me it’s not worth printing
a PLA base for this, though it could be done, so I came up with this idea. It’s a homemade
silicone base.
The silicone base comes off nice and easily. And the pouring basin looks good. But does
it work?
The pouring basin worked quite well I think.
The
castings don’t look too bad at all.
Not much cleaning up is needed really thanks to the castable resin. This is a fine graded
abrasive. That’s all that’s needed other than a spin in the tumbler.
A little polishing is always nice.
Not too bad really. There’s a few blemishes and imperfections, but I have to say that
castable resin makes this process a lot easier.
I only have two of these bear pendants. I’ll place them on my Etsy store if anyone wants
them.
So there you go guys, another easy outing with castable resin. Amazing what you can
do with a home resin printer and some appropriate resin.
I hope you enjoyed this one guys. Take care, and thanks for watching.