[hackpgh-discuss] Re: Artemis
- From: Matt Stultz <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: hackpgh-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:31:09 -0400
Shapelock would be great for game pieces but you would need to make each one
by hand. The vacuformer is good for anything that doesn't have any
overhangs. For instance the chin on a knight chess piece would be an issue
but if you designed everything smallest on the top largest on the bottom you
would be fine. We could also work on other ways of casting or forming
things. Resin, Spin casting, ...
On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Doug Philips <douglas.philips@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 16:05, Ed Paradis <legomaniac@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> The only problem would be if some plastic got left in so long that it
>> melted completely and ended up on the heating element. That would be
>> pretty bad, but I don't think it'd preclude using the oven for food
>> after cleaning. The recommendation is to put aluminum foil across the
>> lowest rack to to prevent the situation.
>>
>
> Which is a good recommendation for food too, to keep the heating coils
> clean in general.
>
>
>
>> You can also use food safe plastic in the vacuum former, but certainly
>> being a 'food safe' product doesn't count the results of burning said
>> product.
>>
>
> Aces!
>
> Back to my original question, can we vacu-bake pieces small enough to be
> used on a game board (chess, checkers, Parcheesi, Monopoly (ooo, HackPgh
> monopoly pieces!), etc) or is only really good for Storm Trooper armor?
>
> Shapelock has some promise for making game pieces too, right?
>
> -D
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