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mission:resources:picojet [2014/07/09 12:14] – [Design] chronomission:resources:picojet [2015/02/02 18:12] (current) – [Mold] chrono
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 ==== Mold ==== ==== Mold ====
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 +To create something out of liquid silicone we need a mold. Luckily, once you have figured out what exactly it is you want, you can create a mold out of almost anything you find, rests of wood and any other materials you can manage to get. Keep in mind to build it as tight as possible so that the silicone won't pour out. You can see on the images how this happened here because it wasn't tight enough. At the same time, remember that it should be easy to disassemble later, to get the final product out again.
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   * created out of wood   * created out of wood
-  * use clay (sulfur free) to cover holes and edges+  * used clay (sulfur free) to cover holes and edges (easy to apply and cheap)
   * Nylon string to hold heater element in place above the mold   * Nylon string to hold heater element in place above the mold
   * Use wood to create tube-bearing holder-pockets   * Use wood to create tube-bearing holder-pockets
   * drill a hole into the wood to place the sensor element   * drill a hole into the wood to place the sensor element
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 ==== Ghetto style silicone processing ==== ==== Ghetto style silicone processing ====
  
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 === Impeller === === Impeller ===
  
-This was the first approach, by simply cutting the tubes and some ABS material in a half-circle shape and then gluing them onto the tube. The next test should be, if we couldn't just print something with our 3D printer to make it even more comfortable.+This was the first approach, by simply cutting the tubes and some ABS material in a half-circle shape and then gluing them onto the tube. The next test should be, if we couldn't just print something with [[mission:resources:picoprint|our 3D printer]] to make it even more comfortable.
  
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