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Molding and Casting

Zach's Information, Notes, Documentation, etc. for w14 will live here. Please click on the collapsibles to view more detailed information. In each of the sections, more information about the Process, Improvements to Worflow, General Takeaways, Research, and any Necessary Files.

To break the mold, sometimes you have to start over. — Michael Morhaime

Process This Week:

  • Process w14


    • Tasks This Week:

    Group assignments:

    • Review the safety data sheets for each of your molding and casting materials, then make and compare test casts with each of them compare mold making processes

    Individual assignments:

    • Design a mold around the process you'll be using, produce it with a smooth surface finish that does not show the production process toolpath, and use it to cast parts
    • Extra credit: use more then two mold parts

    Below, I walk through some of the notes/screenshots that I have from my work this week and explain my thought process as I was completing my assignments.