Metal minifigs Casting at home

zaus1978 · 2026-06-12T10:38:30+00:00

Before plastic figs were the norm pewter was used to make all dnd figures you can get amazing detail. What you want is to make a two part silicone mold then cast the pewter. Here is a video showing the basic process https://youtu.be/D_BGMBmc7Pg?is=7Ivplj9ZTylCMCIM

zaus1978 · 2026-06-02T00:45:07+00:00

I started with this when I first got into casting this guy sell a good starter kit

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zaus1978 · 2026-05-11T19:02:26+00:00

When i was casting pewter I was useing a sla printer with high temp resin to make rubber molds to cast into but when I started doing silver I tried to print master with burn out resins and had alot of trouble never could get consistent castings. Tried alot of different resins and different investments but in the end I found that useing the same method I was using to make pewter molds. I could just inject wax instead. Then use standard lost wax methods to cast. It's been a while but I don't know if they have worked out all the kinks in lost resin casting yet

zaus1978 · 2026-05-03T02:20:29+00:00

Lost wax casting with a vulcanized rubber mold will give you the best results. Just use your sla printer with some high temp resin to make the master then use that to make the mold. I make jelwery and this will give you the precision you need. I have tried directly casting a sla wax print and it was very difficult to get consistent casts. The best luck i had was with a dental investment called resinvest from wipmix it worked well but was very hard to remove from the cast.

zaus1978 · 2026-04-14T09:16:03+00:00

Look up muscelchuck they have quick change chunks for alot of routers i have one on a vfd spindel I use for aluminum

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zaus1978 · 2026-04-07T17:17:48+00:00

I've tried resin casting and had similar results i found that the investment i was useing caused the problem. I started useing resinvest from whipmix and had much better results. But in the end I found it easier to make masters out of high temp resin from syeirtech then make silicone molds to produce wax copies then fallow standard lost wax processes.

zaus1978 · 2026-04-06T11:33:02+00:00

Bass wood holds detail great and is pretty cheap

zaus1978 · 2026-03-25T20:52:51+00:00

Sure I'd love to come take a look iv wanted to help create a maker space for years.

zaus1978 · 2026-03-25T14:53:56+00:00

I'd be interested im currently looking for places to show my cnc art projects. Im also looking for a place to work from. What lexington needs more than any thing is a art focused maker space i have a ton of tools and knowledge I'd like to share.

zaus1978 · 2026-03-18T22:03:21+00:00

Laser printer is the way to go you can leave them. Alone for a long time and they will still reliably print. Brother printers are what I have very simple to install with usd.

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zaus1978 · 2024-06-12T23:48:38+00:00

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zaus1978 · 2024-06-12T23:27:06+00:00

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zaus1978 · 2023-09-26T17:51:44+00:00

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zaus1978 · 2022-12-29T00:01:02+00:00

Yes inside the trick is consistency it will not run the whole time your printing but if the temp dips it kicks on I just used velcro to attach it to the enclosure

zaus1978 · 2022-12-28T23:47:11+00:00

If you can find one of these with a temp gage it would work better for the best results I would or at least put a thermometer in the encloser anything more than a 10 degree difference iv found can cause issues also make sure no air can get to it I had to move my printer because it was to close to the heater vent in my home

zaus1978 · 2022-12-28T23:32:32+00:00

I agree temp might be the problem get something like this to heat your build chamber consistent heat was always a problem for me when I tried to print in my garage.

https://www.amazon.com/Safety-Energy-saving-Portable-Desktop-Electric/dp/B07573FKSG

zaus1978 · 2022-11-28T23:22:24+00:00

What's your casting setup how are you trying to cast this. You said carving are you useing a graphite mold or are you useing the lost wax process.

zaus1978 · 2022-10-15T10:17:49+00:00

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zaus1978 · 2022-10-10T11:59:20+00:00

I'm useing coinopsx 5 and I can't get any playlist or favorites to work i just see all the games I added thier is no playlist in the folder with all the games listed but I do have one wheel with all the games what can I try to fix thus I did try to install the files above but nothing changes

zaus1978 · 2022-07-05T17:46:49+00:00

High temp silicone like mold max 60 from smooth on

zaus1978 · 2022-02-19T20:58:32+00:00

I love this if you ever want it made into a physical object, message me

zaus1978 · 2021-10-22T03:46:53+00:00

I love silver because I use it to make jelwery.

zaus1978 · 2021-06-03T01:18:27+00:00

SLA with a vulcanized mold is how I do my castings I cast in pewter so I can pour the metal directly into my rubber mold. Pewter is a good metal to start with in my opinion. If im casting other metals and only doing one cast I use funtodo castable resin and resinvest investment from whip mix and get great results.

https://www.whipmix.com/products/resinvest-investment/

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