{"id":2485,"date":"2016-07-28T12:08:10","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T12:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.3dprinterbank.com\/?p=2485"},"modified":"2016-07-28T12:08:10","modified_gmt":"2016-07-28T12:08:10","slug":"3d-printed-functional-molds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.3dprinterbank.com\/?p=2485","title":{"rendered":"3d printed functional molds."},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img src='http:\/\/ifttt.com\/images\/no_image_card.png' style='max-width:600px;' \/><\/p>\n<div>Hey,I 3d printed molds for casting in rubber, silicone and plastics for the first time. I gotta say I am personally pleased with the results.Specifically I needed cushions where my exo-frame contacted the ground. Both heel and forefoot versions were required.After modeling the original heel and forefoot parts, I created shells from the original parts that I could print and cast with.Pla was used to 3d print the final molds.Results can be viewed here; http:\/\/ift.tt\/2anZ0Dl would recommend this technique for creating functional assets that cannot be easily (cheaply) 3d printed. http:\/\/ift.tt\/2aznj2r<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey,I 3d printed molds for casting in rubber, silicone and plastics for the first time. I gotta say I am personally pleased with the results.Specifically I needed cushions where my exo-frame contacted the ground. Both heel and forefoot versions were required.After modeling the original heel and forefoot parts, I created shells from the original parts &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.3dprinterbank.com\/?p=2485\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;3d printed functional molds.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[7,8,9],"class_list":["post-2485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-3dprinters","tag-3dprinting","tag-discussion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.3dprinterbank.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.3dprinterbank.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.3dprinterbank.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.3dprinterbank.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.3dprinterbank.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2485"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.3dprinterbank.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2486,"href":"http:\/\/www.3dprinterbank.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485\/revisions\/2486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.3dprinterbank.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.3dprinterbank.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.3dprinterbank.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}