Casting and Mold Making-snippet

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Contents 1 Keywords 2 Description 3 Tutorial 4 Store 5 Product you might use (Smooth On)

Keywords

Cast, Silicone, Molds, Part Replication, Molding

Description

If you are interested in replicating small parts in plastic or creating ergonomic user interfaces, you can consider making a mold and casting the part in resin, polyurethane, or silicone (rubber). The tutorials should be enough to get you started.

Tutorial

http://www.smoothon.com/howtomakemolds.htm

Here is a comparison of resin classes you might use for casting:

http://www.artstuf.com/relativecomp.html

Store

http://www.sculpt.com/ The sales people are very helpful with choosing the correct product for your application ( viscosity, hardness ).

http://www.artstuf.com/

Product you might use (Smooth On)

http://www.sculpt.com/catalog_98/CastingMaterials/URETHANES/smooth-on/smoothcast300.htm

OOMOO 25 - The haptic group used this to simulate human tissue.

Also gummy warms (the fish bait type) are made of cast rubber, cowan's group used it to simulate human tissue.

Note: Some of this stuff is awfully toxic, please follow the safety rules...