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So, I ordered some six inch diameter plastic Christmas ornaments. They were much less expensive that the acrylic spheres that could be had from other suppliers. I took one of them and cut it in half, a much more difficult proposition than I had thought it would be, and poured hydrocal into it to use it as a chuck for vacuforming training remote bodies. It's a mighty simple, but important first step.
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Are you going to add any detail on the mold for the vacuumforming stuff?
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Nope. All the detail gets glued on the outside of the vacuformed ball. I think if I tried to vacuform the detail into the body it would be too soft. (not sharp enough)
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(11-15-2014, 07:47 PM)savagecreature Wrote: Nope. All the detail gets glued on the outside of the vacuformed ball. I think if I tried to vacuform the detail into the body it would be too soft. (not sharp enough)
Ah
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(11-17-2014, 04:31 PM)kresty Wrote: (11-15-2014, 07:47 PM)savagecreature Wrote: Nope. All the detail gets glued on the outside of the vacuformed ball. I think if I tried to vacuform the detail into the body it would be too soft. (not sharp enough)
Ah
Done anything more with this? It was looking good so far.
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(07-21-2015, 06:53 AM)Rhyno45 Wrote: (11-17-2014, 04:31 PM)kresty Wrote: Done anything more with this? It was looking good so far.
Knowing savage he probably started another 5 droids instead ;-)
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I'm curious too
I know Savage finishes the competition bots! (For every finished one are there a dozen in parts lying around?)