RockyAussie Report post Posted December 6, 2022 This video shows how I have made up a 3D printed mould with retaining clips for wet moulding a pliers pouch. The customer for this job wants to cast up to 28 pouches in a day which will require a few moulds to allow some drying time in between castings. This is also why I designed the retaining clips to allow for a quick clamping method which would not require any extra hardware to be used between castings. This is my first prototype version at the moment and I will try and do up a finished pouch by Christmas. If you do any pouches on a repetitive basis and would like to know more contact me. Follow my channel if you want to see more on how it is made. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fredk Report post Posted December 6, 2022 Thanks for sharing I just bought a 3D printer with this sort of thing in mind. It will beat bulldog clips and lolly sticks Its all just arrived in the last couple of days, I've not even had time to open the boxes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tequila Report post Posted December 6, 2022 Looks like another successful job Rocky! Would you be interested in making a couple of molds for me? Similar to that one but probably a little simpler to the one you showed in the video. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scoutmom103 Report post Posted December 6, 2022 That's wonderful. Love the tabs to hold it down. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RockyAussie Report post Posted December 6, 2022 12 hours ago, fredk said: Thanks for sharing I just bought a 3D printer with this sort of thing in mind. It will beat bulldog clips and lolly sticks Its all just arrived in the last couple of days, I've not even had time to open the boxes when you have it set up and working and you are familiar with how to get it to print let me know if you need some help. 9 hours ago, Tequila said: Looks like another successful job Rocky! Would you be interested in making a couple of molds for me? Similar to that one but probably a little simpler to the one you showed in the video. I would be happy to do that for you. Show me the type of product you want to do and any ideas of the pouch design and I will do my best. 6 hours ago, Scoutmom103 said: That's wonderful. Love the tabs to hold it down. The customer is very pleased which is always a +. The tabs I have not done before but for doing a lot in a day it was the best I could think of and so far it works well. For those into 3D printing ....the tabs are solid and done in 2 parts then glued together. This is to give the best strength to the pressure pull on the tab. The other parts are 2mm walls including top and bottom with a 30% fill. All up this one chewed up about 700 grams. Took longer to print than it took me to design. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tequila Report post Posted December 7, 2022 20 hours ago, RockyAussie said: I would be happy to do that for you. Show me the type of product you want to do and any ideas of the pouch design and I will do my best. PM sent Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
