WEEK 16 - wildcard week
INTRODUCTION
Coincidentally this week I had wanted to make something that I had put off for a long time, so I'm glad I'll be doing it on this assignment.
Assignment Description
- Design and produce something with a digital fabrication process (incorporating computer-aided design and manufacturing) not covered in another assignment, documenting the requirements that your assignment meets
Ideate/faprication
I decided to make a candle mold directly from the 3D printing part
- I downloaded this Mold(Pavel the Ghost Candle Mold) from thingiverse here
- and i designed this mold from spiral vase
Making process
- First I got regular wax sticks.
- Then I broke it into very small pieces, using sharp tools.
- And I kept the candle wick
- Then on a simple electric heater I used a bowl to heat the wax until melting, roughly 4 minutes
- We can also use the microwave for that
- I had put on the candle wick and then poured the molten wax
- Finally
Tips and Tricks
- Do not allow the wax to heat up more than the melting point.
- Do not cast the melted wax while it is too hot, wait a while.
- Also, do not wait for the melted wax to cool to crust, as this will result in many defects in the product.
- This time I used PLA, I think in the next time, i'll use ABS
- Unfortunately, until now I have not succeeded in creating a mold with small and subtle details, because the wax is firmly attached to the printed part.
- and my instructor Khaled advised me this, and recommended the use of epoxy to isolate the wax from the printed part, in the next time
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