Unreal Resin Castings
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ต.ค. 2021
- While working from home over the course of last year, a few friends and I designed some Magical Mushrooms. Injection molding was not really an option for something this complex so I dove into resin casting and a process called vacuum casting. After inventing a mold box unlike I've ever seen before, a short run was started. Throughout that process, this video was filmed. Enjoy the video and if you like the product, check it out at cruciblecompany.com (free wallpaper downloads at bottom of front page)
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These castings were made using Clearcast 7050 VOC free UV stable resin. You can help support the channel by purchasing these for your next project:
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There are 6 videos in this series!
1: Intro • Nature Inspired Produc...
2: Casting clear resin mushrooms (this video)
3: Casting Cement Pots • How to Make Flawless C...
4: Growing Moss • Music & Moss Propagation
5: Prototype vacuum formed packaging • Vacuum Formed Packagin...
6: DIY silicone injection machine • DIY Silicone Injection...
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Why this video doesn’t have a million views blows my mind 🤯
Nicely done, still a lot of knowledge and tools involved
3:10 felt like an optical illusion
All I can say is wow
I love the setup with the mold housings. If you remove the air vent at the top and instead poured from the base of the stem and cast the resin under pressure you could get bubble free resin casts with very little post processing(just cutting any extra off the stem base itself). These are beautiful and it was definitely a fun process to watch this series!
More great ideas! I really like the idea of not having the vent on the top side. That would save a good amount of cleanup work, for sure. One of the next steps is to decide on the best approach for filling the mold after vacuum has been reached, rather than at before that process begins. That's how professional vacuum casting cabinets work but one of those may not be in the budget. Thanks again for the comments!
@@The3DHandyman A quick look through Amazon gave me a 12V DC solenoid valve ($10) plus a 5-24V remote controlled relay ($15) and a 12V battery you salvage from a hand tool that would probably fit the bill for the purpose of starting the molding process only after degassing. If you want to go real hobby-level, you could just 3D print a stopper that fits the bottom of your funnel and has an absurdly long arm that reaches the side of the vacuum pot and holds a magnet, then use a magnet from outside of the pot to jostle that arm out of the way when you want to start the resin pour.
I’m really loving this series you’re making! Keep up the amazing work!
@@DaveDDD Thanks for the ideas Dave! I will definitely post a video about an idea just like this in the next few months. It's all about degassing and then filling, as you said. Lets just say magnets may be involved! Haha
Happy to hear you are enjoying the series!
Fantastic!
This like glass.. Great. Good job
Amazing!
Beautiful work. Earned a new sub. Shocking there's only 5k views currently, but seems the Algorithm has picked it up and and is recommending it now so hopefully you'll see those numbers grow rapidly. Looking forward to the retail release, I know several people in my life that would just love to get some. Much respect for the commitment and persistence in the pursuit of making the highest quality product you could achieve! Hats off to you sir. Well done!
Many thanks! Happy to hear there is finally some organic growth going on! Thanks for the comment.
Were looking to have regular shipments starting in the early summer. I'll be posting video updates as things move along!
Damn. That's some neat stuff right there!!!
Thanks much!
Here before this video blows up on yt. Beautiful work 🔥 loved it
You can buy these!
www.etsy.com/shop/CrucibleCompany
These castings were made using Clearcast 7050 VOC free UV stable resin. You can help support the channel by purchasing these for your next project:
1.5 US Quart Size
amzn.to/34bu071
1.5 US Gallons
amzn.to/3Ayu7Wl
There are 6 videos in this series!
1: Intro th-cam.com/video/QY81nlFKSh8/w-d-xo.html
2: Casting clear resin mushrooms (this video)
3: Casting Cement Pots th-cam.com/video/qiH6Xj6Cn38/w-d-xo.html
4: Growing Moss th-cam.com/video/iAn4akywFvM/w-d-xo.html
5: Prototype vacuum formed packaging th-cam.com/video/T8bm8GvG3Tk/w-d-xo.html
6: DIY silicone injection machine th-cam.com/video/S9TVsrH6Ebc/w-d-xo.html
I hope to make more specials like this in the future, so be sure to back The 3D Handyman on Patreon!
www.patreon.com/the3dhandyman
This is a great series of videos on how to design, prototype and make an intricate product that has different materials. Amazing work! I’ve been on a similar journey myself :) You probably gave an immense amount of thought to the process but I just wanted to share a few tips from my experience. I had a similar type of two part silicone mold that I had to cast many times. After I made the first perfect mold, I made master molds of the two parts individually so I could make faster and more silicone molds. Also, I switched to Liquid Glass resin from Super Epoxy Systems. I think it is the best with UV resistancy and the parts are super clear. Because it needs 72 hours to cure, I don’t even have to pressure cast or vacuum, the bubbles just rise to the top.
Good luck with the project!
Great info! Thanks for sharing. I'll test out the Liquid Glass resin. 72hrs is a VERY long cure time but skipping the extra steps may still boost productivity. Do you do a lot of castings or is it just the nature of a project you are working on?
@@The3DHandyman I replied to your post but it’s not here. Let me know if you can’t see it.
It doesn't appear to be here. Not sure what the issue might be
@@The3DHandyman I replied again but it disappeared :) I think TH-cam might be hiding it because I included a website link. Or might be waiting for your approval for the comment.
Strange. It must be automatically removing it because it is not held for review. There has been a lot of spam comments lately. You can just leave it in plain text depending on how long a link it is
7:56 Terraria Glowing Mushroom
There are a lot of parallels between these and games. The design is at least partly styles after an old desktop wallpaper from Digital Blasphemy
What a great series. What brand of resin are you using? I need something that doesn't have a rapid kick. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks! I've had success with Clearcast 7050 but some others were mentioned in the comments here. It sets slow and it produces no VOCs
These are great. I went to your Etsy store but it seems to be out? You know you can get some really cool colors with resin dyes, transparent reds, yellows and greens, also can mix in phosphoric powders, or colored nylon hairs for textures. Maybe do some resin dart frogs or various bugs, iridescent scorpions on the stem. Anyway I've enjoyed your videos keep up the good work.
Hello! I actually sold out of them and there is only 1 Glo left that doesn't have the official packaging. The mushrooms are also slightly yellowed but usually clear up if you set them in the direct sun for a day or two.
If you want the last one in existence, let me know. It would be $120 with free shipping. Paypal would be best if you use that. I could also list it on my 3D Handyman Etsy page. The Crucible Company Etsy is down at the moment.
I will never make these again due to the absurd level of difficulty associated with making the mushrooms. I may one day to a post-mortem on them where I explain all the complications. Biggest issue was that I did not have a climate controlled shop to make them.
I liked the idea of coloring them and I tested it out a few times. The trouble was that the dye made the mushrooms to delicate and they would break while removing them from the molds. This was will relatively low amounts of color as well. I could not even get close to a nice solid color.
If I were to make a giant one, this probably wouldn't be an issue. Might be a fun one-off project one day! I just don't want to make 100s of them again, haha.
@@The3DHandyman Drat. I found this project because I had watched a video by a university professor building a filter box, which made TH-cam show me your filter box, then I saw these mushrooms. So disappointed to hear they're all done. They look great.
@@AbuMaia01 Thank you! Glad you went down the rabbit hole. The guy that started this thread didn't buy the last one. If you want it, DM me on my etsy page. It's the light up version without the fancy packaging and a few near imperceptible blemishes. Not perfect, but it's the last one that will ever come off the assembly line.
www.etsy.com/shop/The3DHandyman
@@The3DHandymanMessage sent.
They are beautiful, but the time spent making each mushroom makes them inhibitively expensive. Perhaps their may be a quicker way to make them such as casting ? I think combined with your bowl and moss it is a eye catching piece - especially when used as a mood lighting source.
The plan was to sell a few and put out an eye catching piece to kick off a new company. The mushrooms would need to be way more simple if they were going to be mass produced.
The trend is to make things that look ok and costs nothing. High quality art is a tough sell unless there are prefect marketing conditions.
The starving artist is a real thing. That's why I make air filters now 😅
@@The3DHandyman Yes, I agree. The only thing Art and crafts (serious craftsmen) have over mass production is perhaps very individual 'one off' pieces. I you started to sell these in any quantity it would not be long before a company in China would be producing cheap 'look alike' copies at a fraction of the cost. With manufacturing technology it is relatively quick and easy to replicate things.
Where can you buy the mushrooms? There is no link in the comments
Thanks for your comment! I will fix this. Also replied to you on Etsy 👍
They are pretty pricey but that reflects how difficult they are to make. It takes about 10 hours to make each one. After this last run I may not make be making any more in the future.
Name of last track?
Check out Pond 5 for "125627983-epic-trip-hop"
Beautiful work! You forgot to include the link to purchase in the description. I hope they do well for you!
Thanks Steve! Currently you can sign up for notifications at cruciblecompany.com or just check back here next Wednesday.
The product launches next week. The video will be up for much longer than that, so I figured I would phrase it in the video like it was already out.
@@The3DHandyman Makes sense!
Mushrooms are sometimes eaten
In this case, that is not recommended
Are you willing to sell some of these? If so let me know and we can make contact. Would love one of these for myself
Just replied to your email. We hope to be starting retail deliveries in the next few months or so.
@@The3DHandyman have you got an estimate on pricing? I have a few friends (lots) who would love these
@@Galvoflysoz Sure! Check out the Kickstarter link below for current pricing. If you are outside of the US shipping can be fairly expensive and I could do a package for you which will bring down the cost of the products and shipping as well if you are interested in ordering several.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cruciblecompany/the-mycoseries