Create Molds With Keys for 3D Printing | Convert Blender Models into 3D Prototype or Moulds
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 พ.ค. 2024
- In this tutorial, we have discussed how to create a mold (or mould) in Blender. You can use this technique to create a mold for your models, then create a real-life replica of that mold using a 3D printer. And finally, create your models in real using that mold. We have also discussed how to attach a pair of keys to join different parts of the mold tightly & correctly. Please watch the video for the complete tutorial. If you have any question on this tutorial, please leave your comment below.
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00:00 Introduction to molds
00:37 How to create a mold
03:26 How to attach the keys
04:19 Taper & Bevel for the keys
05:44 Create the lock & key combo
08:55 Last Step: Complete the mold
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Man, this is literally the best tutorial with a generated voice I have ever seen. And the only one I didn't immediately leave. Why can't they all be this good?!
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100% Agree, I do the same. The voice on this one is really good 🤯
This tutorial is fast-paced, gets to the point, explains everything, and even tells you what to do in case of certain errors. I just downloaded Blender and it was my first time on any 3D Printing software, completed what I needed to do so easily! Thank you so much! Subscribed.
Glad it helped! Cheers! 😊
Right to the point , great tutorial
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Very good tutorial and inspiration 👍 To keep the symmetry I would rather made first a cube, then cut out the model and then cut the cube in two halfs. Sure, applying keys is then a bit more work.
Anyway, the boolean modifier hasn't made me lucky yet. I use now the boolean addon which appears then in the toolbar (right) It works perfectly. You only have to select both items in the right order and then apply the boolean operation.
Thank you! Yes, it is always good to explore more options and try to do things in different ways. It develops our learning even further. I am very happy that you got better results in a slightly modified way 👍
I'm going to use metal dowel rods to avoid wasting plastic. They are also re-usable. You can get them from hardware stores, physical OR online. You simply print holes in both halves of the mold and stick them in. You can get dowels with a flat side to allow trapped air to escape the hole. You could also print a hole all the way through the parts, with a slight shoulder to trap the dowel rods. That would save even more plastic.
Thank you so much 👍
thanks
El problema es que lleva mucho filamento, trata de hacer uno que no lleve tanta hora de impresión y filamento
wow i love it
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great tutorial- would it be possible if I do this inmy 3d printer to pour slip clay to do slip casting on this? I wanna try this with a mug.
Yes it should work. Please remember that we're making the molds here, not the mug itself. So for the mug, you need to take care of the hollow part as well, similarly as you do in any hollow casting. The molds can be 3d printed using this process.
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Hey, Great tutorial! when i exporting it as .STL for some reason Cura things that the object is hollow, not sure what to. Tried to make it solid with Solidefire, but didn't work. Gatta watch more tutorials
Glad that you liked our tutorials. I am not sure why Cura thinks it's hollow while it clearly is not. You said you added solidifier modifier but it still did not work 🤔 Maybe some problem with Cura or maybe with the export module itself.
Dear Sir, please help me, i need a command to check a parting line. The parting line is center of surface for split of injection mold
If I understood it correctly, you want to know how to place a dividing plane at the center of a surface so that you can split the mold into two parts using this plane - is that a correct understanding?
And for a helmet?
i tried doing this with a head model, there is some weird shape inside the model so the mold wont work for me. is there a way of fixing this
Hi, I need to see your model before I can suggest something on this. You can reach us at 5minblender@gmail.com Thanks!
Wich material to poor in? Can you 3d print the mold In plaster :)) ??
Yes, it's possible to use premix building construction material to create a 3D printed object. In fact, nowadays there are complete apartments and buildings that are constructed by 3D printing. But these printers are very special and only a few of them are available. They are very costly too. In a standard 3D printer we mostly use plastic materials.
hi sir, please help me how to check undercut in your part
Hey I am sorry, I could not understand this query. Can you please explain it a bit for me?
@@5MinutesBlender i need a command to check a parting line. The parting line is center of surface for split of injection mold
Can you just use small cylinders for keys?
Yes, very much possible. But it is still required to add some taper for easy handling. Or you can manually rub it with a sand paper after printing and make it suitable to push into the lock.
@@5MinutesBlender Thanks!
Unfortunately the object in the video would never be molded in a two part mold like the video shows because of the texture on the outside of the object. Trying to part both sides after casting would be impossible or would break the outside object. Also, the keys in the video are not at all how we make keys when we make molds, because they have parallel sides, you would want the keys to have keys angled walls so that seperation is easier.
Hi, I got the first point. You are right, we may need to create it in 4 parts if the texture is very rough or uneven. However, with respect to your second point, we did add bevel to the keys so that we can remove them easily. They do not have just parallel sides. I know about this problem and it is well addressed in the video I think. Is there still some gaps in our understanding?
@@5MinutesBlender The object would need to be molded in what is called a ''glove mold", with a hard exterior shell, for that, the technique you describe would be adequate, because the outside of the glove mold would be slick.
Seeing as the object you are showing is a vase, you would also need to use more advanced molding techniques so as to be able to have the hollow interior.
Great video!
One small remark: Unfortunatelly it wouldn't work in this way
3D printer walls are not so flat, that it will be tight enough. Maybe for concrete it will work, but not for any liquid :/
Hmm, I see. Thanks for the information 👍
@@5MinutesBlender look forward for next attempts :)
How to create for asymmetric object
The procedure will be the same. But you need to do it separately for the left side and the right side since they are not identical. We duplicated one half to the other, but you need to prepare both the halves separately.
How do you put liquid inside ? I nees for a university research of casting mould in university.. can you please answer ? Or i can write you in private? Thanks a lot
You mean to say put liquid after 3d printing, or in a 3d animation itself?
@@5MinutesBlender 3d animation itself
You can use Blender's fluid simulation to fill it with liquid. We made one tutorial on this which might be helpful for you 👉 th-cam.com/video/q8vjjOmdsN8/w-d-xo.html
whats the use of a solid vase? :D
This is not a vase. This is a mold to create a vase (which will be hollow). We are creating the mold here.
@@5MinutesBlender so you need a second part that goes in after you pour the material.
if not , it is a solid vase
@@5MinutesBlender the tech name is "the core"
I mean great tutorial for filled objects but wont be able to use as a vase
Yes, this creates a mold, not a vase. It can be used, after 3d printing, as a mold in order to create a hollow vase (following the usual hollow molding processes).
There does seem to be a minor problem with this mold. If what you are planning to mold is a solid vase it seems to work rather well. However, if the vase you intend to mold will be hollow so you can actually put flowers in it, I think you will be out of luck.
That's true. We can easily create a hollow model (using a boolean modifier) and it can be 3D-printed without a defect. However, it cannot be used as a mold. As far as I know, molding a hollow object involves rather some manual process like welding along a seam, or molding using wax. That would be out of scope for this tutorial, so we did not go there. You are correct that this process is good for solid objects only.
This is actually perfect for slip casting. You would 3d print the mold. Then you would make silicone master molds of each half of the mold. Then you use the silicone masters to produce plaster copies of what you originally 3d printed. Then you pour slip (liquid clay) into the mold. The plaster absorbs the water content of the slip forming a shell of the object, aka a hollow clay vase. Once you fire it, glaze it, and fire it again you have a finished functional ceramic vase (and the molds to duplicate that vase as much as you want).
I have 4 small pieces I need molds for my buster beagle MK3 injection machine can you make these for me I will pay you just give me a price 😊 Thanks
Our contact details (Email IDs) are given in the About section of this channel. Let us connect. We need to see some pictures of the model and its measurements.
Bruh the hole
Any type of material? 🤣 Try to pour resin into a resin mould…
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