I bought the formlabs printer specifically for casting jewelry, found out no caster near me would cast the castable resin, but I found one who would make silicon molds from either the castable of the regular resin. That was a relief. Here are a few pieces I’ve made with this process.
Very nice Kathleen, particularly like the facial expressions, any idea what silicon they use? Mine reacts with cured & uncured resin which is annoying because I’m casting to make master patterns for moulding. It would be great if I could miss out the initial casting step.
I appreciate you pointing me there, but I’ve already been. I got ghosted by a couple of those places, the rest were just too far away. And anyway, I’m in the land of the casters in New York. I had a bunch of local people turn me down. One was nice enough to explain why. He said he didn’t want to change his setup for a few jobs and more often than not the pieces weren’t properly cured, which is a huge waste of time and resources… I showed another friend who does casting the burnout schedule and he said FIFTEEN HOURS??? That’s when I decided to look at different options.
Beautiful work!!
You should try Bluecast castable resin for jewelry. It needs NO curing at all and prints really well, Only needs a fast alcohol bath and air dry for a 30 minutes and it is ready to be cast. It can be cast with regular wax burnout schedules or even a fast 2 hour burnout. I’ve had my pieces cast by 2 different casting houses with no issues at all. It is cheaper than formlabs castable resin and produces clean and smooth castings. Check their information here: Test of Blue-Cast: compatible and castable resin or on facebook https://www.facebook.com/BlueCast3d/
The Bluecast resin is sold by 3D Garage and their customer service is fantastic, check them out https://www.facebook.com/3dgarage.bg/
Good luck!