How to make a Simple Two Part Mold

Hi Folks,

Jimmi here, hope everyone’s A-OK! Today I’m going to show you how to make a simple two part mold. You’d use this to cast complete 3D objects, such as a gun. This obviously makes this far more useful than the single part mold technique, which limits you to just casting one side of an object.

That said, make sure that you’re up to speed with casting a single part mold before you begin, my tutorial last week takes you over the details so I strongly recommend that you start there and go over the basics (such as the materials, and making a Lego box etc) before you read on. Go on, I can wait whilst you read that first and then come back!

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How to make a Simple Single Part Mold

Hi Folks,

We’ve all been there, desperately rummaging through our bitz box to try and find the 3rd widget, only to despair at the inevitable conclusion that we’re going to have to resort to paying over the odds for the extra piece you need from one of those online bitz suppliers. You log on, bringing your credit card to bear, telling yourself that £3.50 for a Storm Shield isn’t too bad… then – Out of Stock… Every. Single. Time.

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