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This is from the page
https://digitalfire.com/picture/3541
The drawing breaks it into three-pieces (which must be glued). Pour in plaster to cast a working mold that drops down into a jigger wheel cuphead. It includes a pour spout.
It is now practical to make true-round, perfect-fitting, all-in-one case molds for jiggering using a consumer 3D printer and PLA filament. This is a one-off test mold to demonstrate the method. The process: Create the drawing in 3D CAD (e.g. Fusion 360), print the three sections, glue them, turn the assembly upside down, fill with plaster, let it set and peel out the inside two pieces using a heat gun.
Things to note:
-This is very light and prints quickly, the walls are only 0.8mm thick.
-The shoulder (C) is printed solid and the PLA printed surface from A to D is left in place permanently, this enables precise and durable fit into the cuphead. I print the outside shell upside down, so no printed support is needed.
-The down-pointing flange (A) embeds it into the plaster providing a durable edge against which to fit the pour spout (F). The glue joint connecting A & B breaks when B & E are removed.
-B and E are printed upside down, no support is needed for B, since the top is open, it thus prints quickly.
-The base E has a flange that enables gluing it precisely into B. Debossed logos are practical. It prints upside down for maximum quality (print support is generated but because it is short it prints quickly).
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