I Tried the “Let’s Resin” Dice Mold (so you don’t have to…)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 พ.ย. 2023
- As much as I absolutely adore dice-making, I will be one of the first people to tell you that it can be an incredibly expensive hobby. Even in the beginning, it can be incredibly difficult to come up with the starting funds to really and properly dive into the hobby. So, I was pretty excited when I found two new dice molds on Amazon that were under $20. I can already tell you that neither of these molds will be suitable for dice making as a business, but I still wanted to test them out to see if they might be helpful for beginners. I definitely think it’s important to test the hobby out and see how you like it, before pouring a ton of money into materials and supplies, and an affordable starter mold is really going to be so helpful in saving money.
Testing both molds out at the same time would have made for a very long video, so I decided to break them up into two, and today I’ll be casting with the “Let’s Resin” dice mold. You can find the mold at the affiliate link here:
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I have this mold what I did to know the amount of resin was I put water into the mold. Then I used a pipette to take it out into a cup and used a scale to see how much it was. I found about 1.325 Ozs is all you need so I would make a little extra then that to be safe. But that’s how I found out how much without wasting resin
you can just buy silicone and fill the back of the mold to make it thicer, i realy DO recommend it for begginers, even your dice that you pulled out looked nice
This has been really helpful! My girlfriend just bought me a similar mold and after watching this I definitely know what I need to do to get the best results 🎲 🙌
Awesome! I’m so glad you got some good information here!
This is the same mold you can buy from Temu. At least the listing there tells you to weigh down the cap. A few tips, pour resin on the cap and wait until almost the end of the pot life before capping. I also had a hard time hearing you. I had to turn on closed captions to understand what you were saying. I have to do that with all your videos though.
I’m a professional dice maker, so I always add extra resin to the lid, and my resin pot life is only about 20 minutes, so there isn’t much need to wait too long to cap it. But I intentionally didn’t weight down the cap for two reasons, the listing did not tell me to, and honestly, I thought the weight might make the mold crumble in the pressure pot since the mold bottom was also super flimsy. But I do these reviews to help people find affordable products, and I honestly would not recommend this mold, even for the price. That said, I did find a mold under $20 that I absolutely would recommend and I’ll be posting that soon. (Also, I don’t use TEMU, so I’m not sure if it’s the same listing?)
I didn't mean to offend. I just wanted to help anyone who has bought the molds and needed a little help.
@@mentha_101 I’m not offended at all. You’re totally fine. 😃 I was just explaining why I make these videos and why I can’t recommend this product.
In Temu the mold don't have the Problem with the d20
@@chiirela The three (each from a different seller) I have do
I've been wanting to make a set of dice for a friend, I'm glad I found your video because that's the mold I've been looking at and thinking about buying! Not so sure now though...
I have another one that I reviewed and it’s only $19. I would highly recommend that one. I’ll have that video up on Tuesday.
Sounds great! Looking forward to that review 😊
@@jenk704I apologize that the video has not posted yet. I’m having some issues with my phone and so the video won’t render. I’ll try again tomorrow but I’m going to add the mold to my Amazon shop right now. It’s like $20ish mold that is shaped like a shield. It’s great!
That's the mold I started with! I did have to weight down the lid everytime but didn't have the D20 raised issue (different lot, perhaps?). Loved the size of them though, but HATE that style of D4 - off to check your other video of reviews from small makers now!
I hear you just fine 🤷♂️ it seems each mold from amazin was manufactured the same (probably same supplier). The last one I had stuck to the dice on the first set, returning it immediately, it'll probably tear on the second set.
Super helpful! Thank you for sharing.
When mixing your resin, how do you avoid air bubbles?
I actually use a pressure pot. I was never successful at making dice without one, although I know some creators have had some luck with stirring very slowly and warming the resin first.
i have this one. one problem solver. d20 rare number. i cut the silicone a lil. 2 problem a lot of buble. but i need a pressure pot u.u
I got into dice making about 4 months ago and these molds are definitely flawed but ive been able to get some good results from them regardless. I always use the vaccum chamber and pressure pot, lid is always weighted down, and as for the d20raised edge, i just fill the edge with uv resin using a safety pin or tooth pick and pollish off the excess. They definitely have a learning curve but theyre not the worst thing ever
I definitely think they are usable molds, I just found another super affordable mold that I tried at the same time as this one, and I much prefer that one. It just was a lot easier.
@@ArtemisDiceCompany can you please share idea what mold is better? :) I just want to try a bit before printing my own masters and make molds
@@shapiirax3917 This is my favorite mold for beginners. It’s about twice as much as this mold, but it is sooooooo much better. Heavy, durable, and strong.
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Thanks for the warning. I saw molds similar to this on Amazon. The best molds ive purchased have come from Etsy.
Yeah, I agree. I am glad Amazon has some better options now, but I have never had better molds than the ones that were handmade by people who know what they are doing.
UV resin and regular resin dice goblin here- these molds (and the little ones mentioned in the intro) are intended for uv resin, that’s why they’re so thin.
Yes, Let’s Resin does a crap job of making sure the consumer understands that.
Hm. I have been making dice for over three years and I didn’t realize people used UV resin to make full dice sets. That would be so expensive, and it would be so much harder to avoid bubbles. Interesting.
Question, (this may have been said in the video but I didn’t catch if you said or not) did you put these dice in a pressure pot while curing? Great video and review regardless of that. I wish the listing had specifically said whether or not to weigh down the lid because I think the think would have come out perfectly if there was a “mold weight” included with the mold (or in general if the mold lid and bottom mold walls were just thicker so they could stand up to the weight of the resin on their own)
I did use a pressure pot! I don’t think I did say it in the video, but I definitely should have. The weight would have helped everything but the d20. It has a weird indentation from the way the mold is made that cannot be corrected.
@@ArtemisDiceCompany Thanks for letting me know! And yeah, not sure if your video had anything to do with this but now the Let’s Resin listing for this dice mold now states in the description to weigh down the top. I trust that it wasn’t there before your review given you specifically pointed out you were going to use it as advertised. A shame the d20 has such a prominent lip on the 1 face! I wonder if the mold itself could be altered with a sharp cuticle pusher or something. I’ve been using the mold with clay so adjusting the dice after removing them from the mold is much easier (like if there’s a lip, just cut off some excess around the number and push it down, then use the lid to re-stamp the face of the number to make it flush!) but I can’t think of any way to fix a resin dice without altering the mold.
@@ArtemisDiceCompany Also if you’re looking for a recommendation for more dice molds to try, I’d love to see a review from you of Auspice’s dice mold, it seems similar to this one but seems to fix some of the issues (the lid is still light so they weigh it down, but it doesn’t have any lips on the number faces of the lid, and the body of the mold doesn’t seem flimsy, overall it seems like the producers of THIS mold copied Auspice poorly) and CZYY has multiple different types of dice molds (one blue one that I’ve seen a while ago and haven’t seen many reviews or attention on and one style of mold for bullet style d6 dice I believe!)
@@uselesswriting3092 Hmmm. Thats good information to have. I’ll look into it! Thank you.
If you trim around the edge of the D20 to take the lip off, it sort of fixes the lifted face issue. I'm very very new to dice making and I've pulled a few sets out of these molds because I went with cheap and nasty to start with lol. If you're careful they come out passable.
So, what mould do you recommend?
If you’re looking for an affordable value mold, I really like this one.
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Do you remember how much resin you used? Have this mold currently, trying it out tomorrow :))
Ugh. I’m the worst and I never measure for individual molds. But I also make a bunch at the same time. If you’re using a 1 to 1 ratio resin, 30ml might be a good place to start, but you’ll probably have extra.
@ArtemisDiceCompany ended up doing it, took me about 60 grams of resin by weight! I weighted the top and its looking pretty great so far!
@@honeymilk4398 Awesome! Thats so exciting!!!!
@ArtemisDiceCompany yeah!!! So far its setting up nice!
@ArtemisDiceCompany I got them out today! The weighting helped out the d20 a good bit, it's still a bit extended but nothing that can't be sanded. It also seems the batch I got has a deeper one face, perhaps to account for it!
Ive never had an issue with that mold
I’ve had some people tell me that, and others have told me they had the exact same flaw on the d20. I think it may have only been an issue on some of the batches, maybe?
it took me 3 months to get it so that nearly every set i made did not have massive holes
I never had much luck with that until I got a pressure pot. It can definitely be a challenge.
@ArtemisDiceCompany i still have trouble with it from time to time. I just can't afford a pressure pot
So, after taking my dice out, I’ve deleted my comment. You were right, this mold is crap, and I was wrong. Although everything else worked out fine and I didn’t have any bubbles or issues with the flimsiness, the 1 is a raised plane. It’s a design flaw and ruins the dice. I may try to razor the errant edge of the mold and do another pour, but as the mold comes, it’s awful, thereby explaining the declining in pricing on Amazon. I’ll be watching that video for the $20 mold you mentioned. 😂❤
Oh no! I’m so sorry. I did say that in my review, that even if I had avoided raised faces, there looked to be a design flaw with that d20. The $20 mold is really good and I have the link in the description for the video. It’s nice and sturdy, nice large dice, and a pretty font.
some positive critisism i recommend getting a bluthooth mic or just the ear bud that hase a mic. can barley hear you
I appreciate the feedback. I use a very good mic, and do voiceovers in a closet with soundproofing panels. I’ve also watched this on my phone, tablet, and computer and the sound all sounds fine to me, so I’m not sure what the issue could be.
@@ArtemisDiceCompany haha im a dumbass i had to turn my tv down from playing on my switch that the volume was loud through thte tv :D i COMPLETLY forgot lol
Learn how to do audio editing.
I will absolutely take that under advisement.
Learn how to give constructive criticism without sounding like an ass