Vectric Customer

I want to share a really fun project with you. Here is some pictures and a link to an project in which I used a file from Design&Make and Aspire. I’m here making a mold for a Concrete Lion.

https://youtu.be/Gj-xhP0FHMA

//Eric

Thank you. Enjoyed your video and like the project.

Savannahdan wrote:Thank you. Enjoyed your video and like the project.

Thanks for the respond and Nice to hear

Thank you for showing your project. I enjoyed your video!

Some friends of mine did several concrete castings like this, but carved into wood and used heated Vaseline (petroleum jelly) brushed on the wood as the mold release. What type of mold release are you using?

mtylerfl wrote:Thank you for showing your project. I enjoyed your video!

Some friends of mine did several concrete castings like this, but carved into wood and used heated Vaseline (petroleum jelly) brushed on the wood as the mold release. What type of mold release are you using?

Thanks for the kind words!

I used Styrofoam extruded polystyrene foam (XPS), commonly called "Blue Board" for the mold. Very easy and very fast to carve.
For the release i used the product in the picture below, its what construction workers use here in Sweden when they make molds for building. If you read the english part on the can you may have a answer in the picture.
I have use the mold one time more and its still working.
Regards Eric

Very interesting project. The piece turned out very well. Thank you for sharing the video and your work.

dwilli9013 wrote:Very interesting project. The piece turned out very well. Thank you for sharing the video and your work.

Thanks!

I liked how it turned out. I might give it a try.

Gary

garylmast wrote:I liked how it turned out. I might give it a try.

Gary

Just do it!

Hey CNCSwede,

This project is awesome, really got me wanting to try molds out, and you make it look so easy too! Thanks for the video and thank you for sharing this!

CNC you later!

RebeccaJ wrote:Hey CNCSwede,

This project is awesome, really got me wanting to try molds out, and you make it look so easy too! Thanks for the video and thank you for sharing this!

CNC you later!

Hi nice to CNC you

Thanks! And yes this was really fun to do too, the material was so easy to cut so no worries about breaking the bit and it only took about two hours for my little CNC.

Regards Eric

FANTASTIC!!!! What a GREAT job! Looks really nice and thanks for sharing the process with us in the video!

I'm sure this will inspire others to give casting a try.

Thanks again!

Todd Bailey wrote:FANTASTIC!!!! What a GREAT job! Looks really nice and thanks for sharing the process with us in the video!

I'm sure this will inspire others to give casting a try.

Thanks again!

Glad you liked it! I hope it will inspire because this was really fun and easy to do.

Thanks again Todd.

What a great idea