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Post by tanzanlinnear on Jan 23, 2006 15:09:34 GMT -5
Does anyone know of any good tutorials or sites covering this?
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Post by Starkindler (The Naked Jedi) on Jan 23, 2006 17:48:56 GMT -5
no, but I'd be interested.
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Post by Ja'Dae Bahnkuu on Jan 29, 2006 22:07:55 GMT -5
Id be interested too, because it would cheapen up the cost on making alot of custum costume parts.
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Post by jedi12 on Jan 30, 2006 2:44:05 GMT -5
Yea I would be interested to
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Post by Johann Shinobi on Jan 30, 2006 6:59:03 GMT -5
here is a site that has some awsome tutorials on making Fiberglass resin molds and such could help in making Resin saber. www.bioweapons.com/index3.htmhe did a sweet Bio-Booster Armor: Guyver costume out of Resin. so scaling down the molds should be easy enough and you can carve the master model out of wax then mold off it. |
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Post by tanzanlinnear on Jan 30, 2006 13:25:09 GMT -5
Fantastic, certainly seems to cover the basics  Thanks for the link, I might have to give that a try |
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Post by Jeffrek on Jan 31, 2006 6:44:56 GMT -5
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Post by Starkindler (The Naked Jedi) on Feb 1, 2006 19:48:56 GMT -5
Great!  SOmething esle to convince my wife I need to make a part of my hobby list...   Thanks for the info though.....will be archiving it for future use. |
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Post by jedi12 on Feb 2, 2006 1:34:22 GMT -5
I have just started studying resin and metal casting give me a few weeks and I will hopefully be able to help
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Post by Jeffrek on Feb 2, 2006 8:36:41 GMT -5
Making a basic useable mold isnt that hard really, even a 2 peice version.
The skill shows itself later when your actually using it.
A professional will have made the mold such that the amount of cleanup of the finished peice wil be almost none and the mold will last a long time.
I have a friend who makes silicone molds for a living as the firm he works for makes carbon fibre parts for racing cars. The molds he makes are just unbelievable.
Ive seen him do a 1 peice mold of a sabre and get incredible results.
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Post by Leda EmBorr on Feb 2, 2006 23:43:42 GMT -5
good links, guys... Sticky-worthy, I think!  |
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Post by Johann Shinobi on Feb 10, 2006 16:34:31 GMT -5
You also might try a jewelry supply site they have some usful tools for casting. here is one I use in my knife and sword making. www.riogrande.com/ |
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Post by Ky-Wan Zann on Feb 13, 2006 4:07:46 GMT -5
Nothing like crafting steel into a weapon of honor |
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Thanks for the link, I might have to give that a try 
