Demolded final 9 PencilHouses, applied adhesive backing, and packed up 33 total units in a box. For future reference, each unit takes roughly 5 grams each of the silicone parts A and B. The client was elated with the finished result, especially the variety of colors. ![]()
Poured 9 more pink PencilHouses. For reference, the pigment is roughly 5:1 white:red. ![]()
Poured a bunch more 01001-001A in green and yellow and put some double-sided adhesive strips on the back. I'm going to make >30 total in a wide variety of colors for testing with the children. ![]()
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Printed 01001-001AT2 and poured 5x pink pencil houses and one ring-looking thing, though that one will probably be a pain to pull out. Need a way to pour the silicone more slowly to avoid overfilling the molds. ![]()
The second attempt (01001-001A came out perfect, with just the right amount of grip, so I design another tool (01001-001T2 that can produce 4 at a time. It also has a deeper recess to prevent any silicone from overflowing the top. This model is printing with very fine layers (0.10 mm) overnight. ![]()
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Demolded the cured 01001-001 pencil holder, and it came out well. The surface needed a few more hours to dry outside of the mold because it was sticky. It ended up holding the pencil too tightly, so I redesigned and reprinted a 01001-001A and poured some more silicone. It's cool that I can iterate so quickly on these molded designs. ![]()
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Put 01001-001T1 in an acetone vapor bath, and it helped reduce the amount and severity of layer lines. The part was quite sticky after I pulled it out after being in there for 20 minutes. I pour some Shore 40A silicone into the mold, and I will check the results tomorrow. ![]()
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Printed 01001-001T1 tool out and sourced silicone of the proper Shore hardness (40A). ![]()
Designed tooling body (01001-001T1) for prototype "PencilHouse" silicone pencil holder (01001-001). Should be printed, smoothed with acetone vapor, and then have Shore 40A platinum cure silicone cast inside it, before being bonded removably to a classroom desk. ![]()