<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>I have quite a bit of experience with smoothon products and mold making. I think the only members here that spend more of their yearly income on smoothon products are Wayne and David haha. I'm also well versed In 3D printing and using CNC mills for making molds. I'll be there for public night tonight and would be happy to discuss mold/casting techniques and the possibility of thermal vacuum forming. Or if it's beyond me I'll point you to the right person. <br><br><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">-- </span></div><div>Daniel Valdez</div><div>Audio Insight, Inc.</div><div><a href="http://www.audio-insight.com">www.audio-insight.com</a></div><div>Office 256-885-1995</div><div>Cell 256-783-6983</div><div><br></div><div>We Make Technology Work</div><div>Residential & Commercial - Design & Installation</div><div>Audio * Video * Networking * Automation</div></div><div><br>On Oct 25, 2016, at 9:05 AM, Phillip Showers <<a href="mailto:phillip.showers@gmail.com">phillip.showers@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Faye</div>I'd say drop by to a public night, and see if you can talk to one of the propmaking folks. I've got a bit of experience 3dprinting molds for silicone parts, and I've made silicone molds for wax parts, so I have opinions, but some of those guys are masters at this stuff.<div>Cheers,</div><div>Phil</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 2:36 AM Tyler Crumpton <<a href="mailto:tyler.crumpton@gmail.com">tyler.crumpton@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg">I know we've used smoothon to make silicone molds at the shop for one of Lowell's mold-making classes. I don't remember the formulations we used or anything, but it seemed that it would be very possible to do the stuff you're looking at using it for, even at pretty tiny detail/resolution.</p>
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<div class="gmail_extra gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_msg">On Oct 24, 2016 8:13 PM, "Faye Lynn Thompson" <<a href="mailto:watersprite@charter.net" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">watersprite@charter.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution" class="gmail_msg"><blockquote class="gmail_quote gmail_msg" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-family:Menlo-Regular" class="gmail_msg">Hi,</span><br style="font-family:Menlo-Regular" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-family:Menlo-Regular" class="gmail_msg"> I’m helping a local community robotics team, the FTC Browncoats. They are all 12-17 years old. The team has an idea to 3D print molds for silicon parts with 3D printed supports inside them. We don’t know how to do that, yet. So far I’ve found </span><a href="http://smooth-on.com" style="font-family:Menlo-Regular" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">smooth-on.com</a><span style="font-family:Menlo-Regular" class="gmail_msg"> which looks promising and very large. Can any of you help us get a running start on this? </span><br style="font-family:Menlo-Regular" class="gmail_msg"><br style="font-family:Menlo-Regular" class="gmail_msg"><span class="m_2342143490941463374m_6837593844019959974Apple-tab-span gmail_msg" style="font-family:Menlo-Regular;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-family:Menlo-Regular" class="gmail_msg">They are also thinking about a new ways to build the robot’s shell including vacuum forming. Previously they’ve used sheets of acrylic.</span><br style="font-family:Menlo-Regular" class="gmail_msg"><br style="font-family:Menlo-Regular" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-family:Menlo-Regular" class="gmail_msg">Thanks</span><br style="font-family:Menlo-Regular" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-family:Menlo-Regular" class="gmail_msg">Faye Lynn</span></div><br class="gmail_msg">_______________________________________________<br class="gmail_msg">
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