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This version was done when we did not have a 3D printer that was large enough to print the outer shell. So we did it in three pieces.
1 The original drawing in Fusion 360 (aluminum cuphead, jigger mold with bowl-outside profile, bowl mold, jigger mold case and jigger template).
2 The original bowl purchased at Ikea alongside the 3D printed shell of its outside contours (12% bigger).
3 The plaster model of the outside shape (created from the shell mold).
4 Printing a pair circular rails (with flanges for clamping).
5 The rail assembly (clamped, glued and soaped) ready for use to pour working mold.
6 The model soaped and glued to an Arborite bat (using sticky clay). The rail assembly glued down (centered manually, we later did this using a 3D printed spacer ring).
7 The light-bulb moment of realizing the rails - from #4, #5, #6; are not even needed! I now print them as one unit, as thin as 0.8mm, for each mold I make.
8 The finished working mold (with PLA printed outer surface).
9 The jigger mold inserted into the cuphead ready for use.
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