so that works well with play doh - used a quick wipe of 3-in1 oil.
Thinking cooking oil will be fine for clay.
hell water might also work. Once I've got the final design down I'll start experimenting with what works best.
And yes, you can stand on them for extra squeeze
Still got a fair bit to do. handles for leverage are definitely going to be a good idea. Might use metal inserts for extra strength - got some 4.5mm tent pegs that would do the job.
needs text on the mould as well.
Figure the curious aardvark designs on one half and the size on the other.
But on the whole, looking pretty good.
There will definitely be some prototypes going begging for p&p only, so yes Ryan, one will have your name on it
These aren't going to be cheap as there's a fair bit of post processing involved, but should be very long lasting, fast and accurate.
using 0.25mm gap for the hinges and they work really well with no side movement.
Might beef the hinges up - currently 7mm outer diameter, probably eventually go with 8 or 9.
Can't imagine that it's possibly to bend a 2.8mm steel rod via a - 0.25mm gap, so can't see any reason to change the hinge pins.
So here's where we are at the moment. Got a few hours this afternoon to work on the handles and text.
Oh yeah the play doh was left overnight - hence the cracks, it dries out really fast and shrinks an awful lot. Clay won't do that.