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Molding Intricate Parts

Molding Intricate Parts

Eric Strebel

By Eric Strebel

Eric Strebel

My name is Eric Strebel, I am an Industrial Designer and run Botzen Design Inc., a product design and development company focusing on handheld and table top consumer products. I design products for global partners from initial concept to mass production, including hand drawn ideation concept sketches, mock-ups, prototypes, as well as CAD and pre production samples. I bring dreams to life and I also document and preserve my craft & process on my Design and Making YouTube channel .

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This week’s video is about molding an intricate handle part.

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How To “Over-Mold” Clear Parts

How To “Over-Mold” Clear Parts

Eric Strebel

By Eric Strebel

Eric Strebel

My name is Eric Strebel, I am an Industrial Designer and run Botzen Design Inc., a product design and development company focusing on handheld and table top consumer products. I design products for global partners from initial concept to mass production, including hand drawn ideation concept sketches, mock-ups, prototypes, as well as CAD and pre production samples. I bring dreams to life and I also document and preserve my craft & process on my Design and Making YouTube channel .

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This week’s video is about creating a flexible over-molded polyurethane clear acrylic lid using a four part 3D printed mold.

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Use Silicone to Make Casting Molds

Use Silicone to Make Casting Molds

By Shawn Thorsson

Shawn Thorsson

At a very young age, Shawn learned that the surest way to get the coolest toys was to make them yourselves. Now he makes costumes and props for films, promotional uses, and the occasional private commission. You can read more about his projects and scattered other adventures in his blog.

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Silicone block molds are a quick and easy way to make a whole bunch of the same thing.

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Learn Mold Making Basics for Jewelry

Learn Mold Making Basics for Jewelry

Robert Spickard

By Robert Spickard

Robert Spickard

Robert casts sterling silver or bronze into original design and historic reproduction pendants, earrings and cloak clasps. His work is known for its high quality, exquisite detail and meticulous finishing. See some of Robert’s work at his website or at his walk-in store, Dragon’s Treasure, in Fresno, CA.

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Lisa Shuck

By Lisa Shuck

Lisa Shuck

Lisa Shuck, Robert Spickard’s wife and partner, created our web site, puts our postings up on Facebook and generally gives good advice. At least her husband says she does.

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With these basic mold making skills you can create wax copies of your handmade jewelry for lost wax casting.

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Amaze Balls: Casting Hollow Spheres in a Mold

Amaze Balls: Casting Hollow Spheres in a Mold

By Marty Marfin

Marty Marfin

Marty Marfin is Maker Media Lab Manager. Also a sculptor, designer/fabricator, a maker dad, an avid surfer and astronaut on Spaceship Earth.

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This is a tutorial on how to make a silicone mold of a hollow, spherical form. It is part of a larger project, so I hope the reader will enjoy some background information to put it in context. Project Background I became interested in artificial reef technology a few years ago when I met Christopher Lim, […]

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