Making silicone molds seems easy, but there are a lot of missteps to be made along the way that can mean the difference between a great, reusable mold, and one that’s a sad waste of silicone. If ...

The kids today have all grown up in a world in which there have always been game consoles, and the market has always been a three-way race between Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo. For us old-timers ...

Visiting the Midwest RepRap Festival, you will, of course, find a ton of 3D printed baubles and trinkets. A slightly more interesting find at this year’s MRRF was a lot of resin cast parts from [Mark ...

Resin casting is a plastic casting process where liquid synthetic resin is filled in mold and allowed to harden. Traditionally this process is chiefly used for small- scale production such as ...

To obtain quality experimental data, one must have access to quality test specimens. Toward that end, we’ll discuss the merits of two types of fabrication aids that are commonly used to produce neat ...

In this step-by-step tutorial, learn how to encapsulate a US dollar coin in clear epoxy resin to create a custom display case ...