Molding, Casting, and Composites


Template

The assignment for this week is to produce a 3d mold and cast on it to produce an item.


3D mold

I was able to use corel draw to design a usb holder with led's in it. The design is an elephant that will be a keyholder as well as a pen drive



The mold

once my elephant was ready. It was time to machine it but because of time i decided to cut it using the laser printer. Once the elephant parts were ready, I joined the necessary pieces together so that I would create the mold. I placed the parts together and poured in hydrastone to create the mold.



Mold after it has cured


Challenge


My challenge for producing the last part of the mold is how to allign the two parts of the mold together.

inside electronics

The electronics that i am to place inside the mold are 6 LED's. Once the mold is in place I will place the led's inside including the usb terminal then pour in plastic.



The final product with the LED's is shown below