i'm trying to cast weapons in resin and need help
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i'm trying to cast weapons in resin and need help

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Anyone have ideas of how everyone does it? Doing it all in one piece might work if you can find a container the right size. Doing a 2 piece mold seems wasteful for guns and knives but good for swords. I really need help on this one.

Posted by somebody1
on Thursday, March 12, 2009
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somebody1 -
Thursday, March 12, 2009
I got some legos last night. Sadly it isn't enough to make a good enclosure for teh katana I want to copy. if it was my sword I could do this a lot more easily but since its mine I can't damage it and have to be very gentle.
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Dead Man -
Thursday, March 12, 2009
I don't know what kind of mold material you're using, but I like to use Legos to build my mold boxes for one main reason: because a 1x1 brick is 1ml, you can pretty well figure out how much silicone you will need by multiplying width x height x depth to get the volume of the mold box. Depending on if you use the English system, you'll need to convert ml to ounces or cups: there are resources searchable online to do this.
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somebody1 -
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Cool. I'd rather do one piece. I just need a container for the katana. Wish it was mine so I didn't have to worry about it breaking.
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vikings_2007 -
Thursday, March 12, 2009
For smaller parts, I would suggest one piece mold, rather than 2 pieces molds.

Vike
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somebody1 -
Thursday, March 12, 2009
cool. I just have to remember what my password is on there lol. I talked to kyle robinson and he says for a lot of smaller parts you need a pressure pot. I'm gonna stock up on weapons and then try.
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