I'm super inspired by your ability to accomplish all of this while being self taught. Kudos on your success, but I can't believe your channel isn't bigger. Can't wait for it to blow up! Keep it up!
I hope producing these isn't too much of a hassle because not only does the videography kick ass, but the experience and information you're providing is unbelievably useful. Thank you, your hard work is greatly appreciated.. 👍👍
I originally watched your vids because of the production quality; the aesthetics are off the charts. But, turns out that the attention to detail in your work and the explanation of your thought process got me totally hooked.
Thank you man I appreciate the compliment on the production quality, definitely adds a load of time to the work itself but the lightning, filming and grading is something I really enjoy too. I’m glad you also found an interest in the project itself. Thank you for watching man, I appreciate the support!
Having an airway trough the mold into the chanel should eliviate or cancel the problem with the pressure chamber. That way the pressure inside and outside would be the same.
Yeah a few people have mentioned that. I came to the same conclusion after giving it some more thought once the video was published and I got back to using it. Painfully obvious that’s the solution and kicking myself for not realising earlier haha. A few including yourself spotted it straight away so hats off to you for being so observant. Thanks for watching!
I got the notification for this video on my way to bed, got so exited that I started watching it in bed! But then, it was so calming that I went to sleep halfway through 😅 No worries, I finished watching it in the morning! 😇
I find these videos utterly fascinating. They're incredibly well put together, and they're not flashy or in your face, and to me that makes them even better. I love seeing the design process and the choices you make.
Great content as always. regarding the silicone curing .... your tests are highly appreciated. just as a thought: maybe your cleaning by using the sandblower in combination of the mold-release-spray will remove the inhibitors from the surface... maybe ?
When I saw how nicely your silicone resin poured while preparing to degas, I got really inspired. The resin I'm using now is so viscous that I have to use a ladle to get it out of the tin. Do you ship to the US?
Thanks! I’m glad it’s got you thinking about doing some more complex work. As long winded as it is, it was rewarding getting to the end of the design and having the mould shells and masters work! Thanks for watching.
@@RTAFabrication yeah that’s always how I feel. Spent 4 hours soldering recently and in the end I was proud and happy about it although the way wasn’t the easiest 😃
Thanks for taking the time to detail your design process. It would be interesting and educational on its own. Then you add near perfect video production quality, and it's a pleasure to watch.
Thanks for the detailed video! It's given me some good information about how to fix the issues I'm running into with my current project. I'm a beginner and your videos have helped me out a lot. Subscribed and looking forward to more vids! Much appreciated and hope your channel keeps growing 🫂❤
I love this series. It is so inspirational. I keep wondering though whether it won’t be more economical to get the parts printed in SLM/SLS at a large printing service once you leave the prototyping phase.
I am surprised you haven't tried to vacuum cast. Apply vacuum to the high point of you mold. Make sue the tube goes to a catch trap in case resin get drawn up. Then pour in the resin like you were doing. This is the method I have used on all kinds of systems prone to air locks. A few cars have to be done this way to fill the coolant system. Hydraulic systems on automated systems. Works really well.
Thanks! Yeah I’m very excited to explore that design further, as well as many other materials. It’s taken a lot of effort not to go on a tangent just making all these different versions of the front before actually getting this and the workflow wrapped up! Thanks for watching!
Thanks man I appreciate you following this series! Oh man I’ve got so many variant ideas in mind for the front section. I just hope people don’t get bored of the charging stand and me banging on about it haha. Thanks for watching!
Очень классно! Идея, подача материала, съемка видео на высшем уровне! Сам начал заниматься моделированием и печатью прототипов и понимаю как это бывает не просто. Желаю успехов!
I always look forward to your videos. Love to see how you think through your projects and how that changes and evolves over time. Fantastic stuff - including the cinematography, lighting, color, all of it. Really hope you keep doing these.
I will suggest that you can try to divide the lower mold holder to be in two different segments so you can use the pressure chamber and not having the 3d printed channel in the final mould.
Awesome video with so much great information. I'm curious what product or method you use to clean uncured or inhibited silicone as i have struggled with that in the past.
This video is so insanely awesome! I am an industrial design student and am dying to get into fabrication the same way you are right now. Your explanation of the processes, decision making and overall calm demeanor make this an absolute joy to watch whilst being so incredibly informative. Truely, you have mastered this format! I wanted to say that I was sad to have only found your channel now but man am I happy to have found your channel! (also, I have only ever commented ~2-3 times before in my ~16 years on youtube so hopefully that puts into perspective just how well crafted your content is) :D I truely hope I'll be in a similar fabrication environment to you very soon as this just makes me want to get into it more and more! Luckily I am almost finished with my masters so not that much longer to go :) I'll definitely be watching all of your content from now on so I am looking forward to what you bring next :D
Thank you for your comment and the time you put into it! Especially considering you don’t comment often at all! I’m really pleased to hear that you’ve enjoyed this video. The main purpose of these is to simply share any information I can to help anyone I’m able to, whether it’s with actual information about technique/ application, or just to get people to take those next steps if they’ve been unsure to start something of their own. That’s great to hear you’ve nearly completed your education and I wish you all the best in your venture, whatever it is you end up getting into once you’ve completed it. Thank you for your support and thank you for watching the video!
@@RTAFabricationThank you for your kind words😄 Your video speaks volumes when it comes to the amount of information and sheer quality you bring to the production content side of this platform🙏🏼 Can't wait to see what you bring to your channel next!
we solved platinum silicone cure inhibition by vacuum heat curing 3d printed molds and choosing some what more compatible resins (zortrax or PrimaCreator dental)
Great video! It's really interesting to see the process of overmoulding 3D-printed parts in a silicone mould. Everything is explained clearly, but it could use some music to add atmosphere. With music, it would be even more enjoyable to watch :)
Greetings from the Netherlands. I love your work, my compliments. I'm not sure if I understood you correctly but I believe you said something about your own silicone and your own resin. Did you formulate them yourself and have a third party produce them for you? Are you selling them yourself somewhere and if so, where? Thank you in advance for any answers you can provide and I wish you a lot of success with your ventures.
This is amazing work! Extremely detailed, and well explained. I am wondering, dose the charger inside overheats? I know that wireless chargers have a tendency to produce a lot of heat
Thanks! I do all the filming, grading and editing, so I appreciate the compliment! I shoot on the BMPCC6K and edit in resolve. For grading I use a PowerGrade from Juan Melara that emulates the look of Kodak Vision3 500T 5219 for the camera negative and Kodak 2383 for the print film stock, then grade accordingly from there. I also use his BMPCC6K to Alexa within this PowerGrade workflow. Hope that helps and thanks for watching!
@@RTAFabrication Wow thanks for very detailed answer, I truly appreciate your effort! This really enlightens the process how quality like this is created!
Not having an adjustable angle seems like it would drive me nuts, and the steep angle that you’ve settled on makes me think glancing at the phone sitting on a desk for example might be a bit awkward.
I’ve had issues with silicone not curing in contact with resin print, did some small testing and found it worse around residual/uncured resin. in the end i switched to a polyurethane. haven’t looked back.
Been following you on Instagram but this is the first time I realised you had a RUclips, fantastic viewing! Especially as I’ve just started experimenting with some silicone. Do you plan on releasing any other hardnesses of your silicone or just 28A?
Thanks man! Yeah I started RTA about 10 years ago, mainly in the automotive industry however I’ve been exploring making other non-automotive components recently. This shift is what made me start this personal project and filming these videos. Thanks for watching!
Hi! I found the process of vulcanizing silicone upon contact with resin very intriguing. Could you explain how this happens? And could it be related to the use of mold release spray? I tried that with a standard resin and the silicon didn't cure.
I admire your cleanliness. You clearly are a perfectionist and you take this very serious. What baffles me though is how much time you sink into this project. This is a phone stand. It is basically a glorified triangle. I understand your perfectionism won't allow you to rush through this, but I feel like you should tackle something bigger than this. I also feel like you are overthinking this. It's nice that you show these creative ideas in mold-design, but on the other hand this is absolutely over-engineered. Also your design is just not good enough to validate all this extra effort during manufacturing. I think you should simplify.
Thanks I appreciate the time you put into commenting and watching the video. I understand your points, and there’s many reason for doing things the way I have and why this appears to have taken so much time. This started as a personal project as something fun for me to do alongside making my pre-existing automotive products and custom work I do. It was an outlet for me to be able to do something creative without any constraints or contractual deadline, while also trying out methods I’d always wanted to try but never had the application for with client work. Between these videos I’m doing client work, custom work and fulfilling my automotive product orders. I’m assuming from a public facing perspective it looks like this is the sole project I’m working on and it’s taking me weeks/ months to get to the next step if you track it by upload date. This project was also something I thought would be enjoyable to document, giving me the opportunity to share things I’ve learnt over the past decade doing this, as well as try those methods I’ve always wanted to try. This gradually turned into something I’d potentially release due to how many people have asked for them, but that was never the initial goal. Maybe I haven’t made the point clear in the videos that I’m a one-man operation, and what may appear to be over engineering mould designs and unnecessary steps are actually steps to front load the work before ‘production’ to make the workflow infinitely easier with minimal friction or setup for every step moving forward. For example, if I wanted to scale to a point and have multiple matrix moulds active simultaneously and didn’t put the work in to create the shells and master that I have done, I would have to clay-up the master, brush silicone on in several layers, layup fibreglass to create the shell, then do the same process for the other side to complete just one single mould. There’s so much labour and materials involved in that process, every single time. The steps to creating more moulds in this case is simply print two shells, prep them and fix them together with 6 machine screws. It makes making new mould and multiple moulds so much easier. I’ve put myself in a position so many times over the years where I’ve had one mould for a product and every time it expires or a large order comes in I can’t even start the order until I’ve made another mould and had to put all that labour in. With this method of front loading some labour there so little friction involved moving forward. I’ve never once said that this method is the right way, I’m very careful of that because I know from experience that everyone works differently and this is just the method for me that alleviates my personal pain points in making components. I completely understand your points, and I’m likely to blame for the optics on this, maybe I’ve not given enough context to the reasoning behind certain decisions. The goal really is to have fun creating something alongside my work, in this case it just happens to be a phone stand, have fun filming, trying new things and if the content or methods are helpful to anyone at all then that’s a win. Thanks for your input and I appreciate you watching.
Your resin was still sticky after removing it from the mould? If you can give me some more info like what resin, what silicone etc I right be able to help with it. Thanks for watching the video
Dude I'm sorry to write this but I fell asleep while watching this video. I really liked your style, especially the video footage but your voice is as calm as my history teacher (or maybe i just was sleepy, idk)
I don't know if it's your accent, but you keep saying "silikin". A common confusion with that material is *silicone* vs *silicon* (usually pronounced "silikin". Sili*cone* is the rubbery material you're using, sili*con* is a pure element that's primarily used as a base for transistors which forms the heart of all electronics technology we currently use. You may already understand this and my understanding comes from your accent, but I like to point it out when I hear it nonetheless because there are absolutely people that don't understand the difference.
The ribs are kind of dictated by the openings through the shell as opposed to actually being calculated. There is some calculation to an extent to ensure the flattest area is covered, especially across the longest length, but it’s mostly made up of offsets of the opening and then joining those together. Thanks for watching!
The purpose isn’t necessarily all about the phone stand, initially this was a personal project, it’s about putting time into filming processes to share any information that might be helpful for others. As I mentioned in the video, I’ve been doing this work and filming between making my other automotive products, so I’ve been working on these free-to-consume RUclips videos as and when I’m able to. How you do anything is how you do everything; I like to treat everything like I’m building a spaceship. Might even build a spaceship next. Thanks for watching.
I’m not sure you know. I know they do their CMYK resin set where you can mix your own, which might potentially be the best option as it’s still within their ecosystem. Although, since you’re unable to change any settings like exposure etc, it may introduce issues. I’ll have a chat with support about this and see what they say. My preference is always black resin so a workaround would be great!
Yeah that’s exactly the solution. It’s one of those things that after I’d published the video and continued using the mould I was like “of course that’s the solution”. I think even drilling a hole at this point through the silicone and shell will solve it rather than having to completely remake everything!
Awesome film here mate! My only comment is speed it up.. its 24mins long which is a very short info video, but with your pace it feels longer than that. Fast = easy and intuitive, Slow = professional and serious depends on what target you have, but the latter tend to get less consumption that the first one. But for me I love it! everything's perfect, from the print quality to the videos themselves, again, awesome!
Sir, can you make a video tutorial on how to export a file from Fusion 360 into a 3D printable file in the best possible way with good file quality to print 3D?
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One of the most underrated channels on RUclips, imo.
Thanks man I appreciate the support! Thanks for watching!
100%
I'm super inspired by your ability to accomplish all of this while being self taught. Kudos on your success, but I can't believe your channel isn't bigger. Can't wait for it to blow up! Keep it up!
I hope producing these isn't too much of a hassle because not only does the videography kick ass, but the experience and information you're providing is unbelievably useful. Thank you, your hard work is greatly appreciated.. 👍👍
I originally watched your vids because of the production quality; the aesthetics are off the charts. But, turns out that the attention to detail in your work and the explanation of your thought process got me totally hooked.
Thank you man I appreciate the compliment on the production quality, definitely adds a load of time to the work itself but the lightning, filming and grading is something I really enjoy too. I’m glad you also found an interest in the project itself. Thank you for watching man, I appreciate the support!
As a working industrial designer, your skills are insane. I love these videos, thank you for sharing.
Thank you man I appreciate the support and kind words! I’m glad you’ve been enjoying them and thanks for watching.
These videos are as much a pice of art as the product that you’re creating. I hope that you get rewarded well for all of your unbelievable work
Thanks for the kind words! I appreciate the support and thanks for watching.
Having an airway trough the mold into the chanel should eliviate or cancel the problem with the pressure chamber. That way the pressure inside and outside would be the same.
Yeah a few people have mentioned that. I came to the same conclusion after giving it some more thought once the video was published and I got back to using it. Painfully obvious that’s the solution and kicking myself for not realising earlier haha. A few including yourself spotted it straight away so hats off to you for being so observant. Thanks for watching!
I got the notification for this video on my way to bed, got so exited that I started watching it in bed! But then, it was so calming that I went to sleep halfway through 😅
No worries, I finished watching it in the morning! 😇
Haha thanks for watching it the following morning and I hope you enjoyed it! You’re the third person who’s said I’ve put them to sleep 😂
@@RTAFabrication I most definitely enjoyed it 😄 And just to clarify, you're not boring us to sleep! 😅 Rather the opposite 🙃
My favorite genre of RUclipsr is those your work in videographer so make their hobby RUclips videos with elite quality lighting and perfect exposure
I find these videos utterly fascinating. They're incredibly well put together, and they're not flashy or in your face, and to me that makes them even better. I love seeing the design process and the choices you make.
These videos are so unflashy they are flashy.
Great content as always. regarding the silicone curing .... your tests are highly appreciated. just as a thought: maybe your cleaning by using the sandblower in combination of the mold-release-spray will remove the inhibitors from the surface... maybe ?
You should cover how you're transitioning to this being your full-time gig. Living the dream here.
I'm doing my first moulding project using compression moulds for compacted fiberglass and learning a lot from his journey.
The quality of these videos is incredible.
I can't wait to have a shop where I can put some of this knowledge to use!
Thanks! Glad to hear you’ve got plans to start something! Always great to hear! Thanks for watching.
So neat getting a look behind the scenes of a rapid prototyping project.
When I saw how nicely your silicone resin poured while preparing to degas, I got really inspired. The resin I'm using now is so viscous that I have to use a ladle to get it out of the tin. Do you ship to the US?
the clean work space is so impressive. im gonna borrow a maccas tray to use by the resin printer now.
Beautiful cinematography
Thank you 🤘🏻
Just amazing storytelling with behind the scene
Thanks man!
Really great video! makes me want to get into more complex myself. But I also can appreciate how much work this was
Thanks! I’m glad it’s got you thinking about doing some more complex work. As long winded as it is, it was rewarding getting to the end of the design and having the mould shells and masters work! Thanks for watching.
@@RTAFabrication yeah that’s always how I feel. Spent 4 hours soldering recently and in the end I was proud and happy about it although the way wasn’t the easiest 😃
Thanks for taking the time to detail your design process. It would be interesting and educational on its own. Then you add near perfect video production quality, and it's a pleasure to watch.
Thanks I appreciate that. I’m glad you enjoyed it!
each shot is just perfect the whole vid quality is insane
Keep pushing on this kind of videos, you are really talented !
Thank you for the support and kind words. Means a lot!
Discovery of the year this channel
Thanks for the detailed video! It's given me some good information about how to fix the issues I'm running into with my current project. I'm a beginner and your videos have helped me out a lot.
Subscribed and looking forward to more vids! Much appreciated and hope your channel keeps growing 🫂❤
You are an artist, a true OCD person. I love it!
These videos are incredibly valuable for the information contained within. The great camerawork is the icing on the cake. Fantastic work, as always.
I love this series.
It is so inspirational.
I keep wondering though whether it won’t be more economical to get the parts printed in SLM/SLS at a large printing service once you leave the prototyping phase.
I'm learning quite a bit from these videos. I appreciate the effort and explanations for your particular design decisions. Keep up the good work.
I just rewatched your videos yesterday. Getting a new one today was a hell of a treat.
I am surprised you haven't tried to vacuum cast. Apply vacuum to the high point of you mold. Make sue the tube goes to a catch trap in case resin get drawn up. Then pour in the resin like you were doing. This is the method I have used on all kinds of systems prone to air locks. A few cars have to be done this way to fill the coolant system. Hydraulic systems on automated systems. Works really well.
Algorithm fed ur channel to me...such a great video, very thorough covering the workload, much appreciated!
Killer work as usual, The new design looks sweet!
Thanks! Yeah I’m very excited to explore that design further, as well as many other materials. It’s taken a lot of effort not to go on a tangent just making all these different versions of the front before actually getting this and the workflow wrapped up! Thanks for watching!
Bro...i cant get enough of your videos...please dnt stop with this product.❤❤❤
Thanks man I appreciate you following this series! Oh man I’ve got so many variant ideas in mind for the front section. I just hope people don’t get bored of the charging stand and me banging on about it haha. Thanks for watching!
Очень классно! Идея, подача материала, съемка видео на высшем уровне! Сам начал заниматься моделированием и печатью прототипов и понимаю как это бывает не просто. Желаю успехов!
I always look forward to your videos. Love to see how you think through your projects and how that changes and evolves over time. Fantastic stuff - including the cinematography, lighting, color, all of it. Really hope you keep doing these.
So good! I always stop doing whatever I'm doing when one of your videos pop up on my notifications tab. Keep up the amazing work.
This channel is gold
You’re killing it man! Looking forward to seeing your project and channel progress
Thank you man! I appreciate the support 🤘🏻
at 18:55 mark i see you insert threaded insert. but its not press in or melted in. are you gluing it?
I will suggest that you can try to divide the lower mold holder to be in two different segments so you can use the pressure chamber and not having the 3d printed channel in the final mould.
Awesome video with so much great information. I'm curious what product or method you use to clean uncured or inhibited silicone as i have struggled with that in the past.
This video is so insanely awesome! I am an industrial design student and am dying to get into fabrication the same way you are right now. Your explanation of the processes, decision making and overall calm demeanor make this an absolute joy to watch whilst being so incredibly informative. Truely, you have mastered this format! I wanted to say that I was sad to have only found your channel now but man am I happy to have found your channel! (also, I have only ever commented ~2-3 times before in my ~16 years on youtube so hopefully that puts into perspective just how well crafted your content is) :D
I truely hope I'll be in a similar fabrication environment to you very soon as this just makes me want to get into it more and more! Luckily I am almost finished with my masters so not that much longer to go :)
I'll definitely be watching all of your content from now on so I am looking forward to what you bring next :D
Thank you for your comment and the time you put into it! Especially considering you don’t comment often at all!
I’m really pleased to hear that you’ve enjoyed this video. The main purpose of these is to simply share any information I can to help anyone I’m able to, whether it’s with actual information about technique/ application, or just to get people to take those next steps if they’ve been unsure to start something of their own.
That’s great to hear you’ve nearly completed your education and I wish you all the best in your venture, whatever it is you end up getting into once you’ve completed it. Thank you for your support and thank you for watching the video!
@@RTAFabricationThank you for your kind words😄 Your video speaks volumes when it comes to the amount of information and sheer quality you bring to the production content side of this platform🙏🏼
Can't wait to see what you bring to your channel next!
Thanks for this Video! Really interesting, nice videography and such a load of good delivered information!
Impressed with your Design For Manufacture mind set!
You’ve gained a sub!
Thank you man! I appreciate the sub!
What a channel you have mad skills bro !!!
Awesome excited to see the final version in the market.
just blew my mind!
we solved platinum silicone cure inhibition by vacuum heat curing 3d printed molds and choosing some what more compatible resins (zortrax or PrimaCreator dental)
i love your work, so peaceful
Amazing work, all around 👏🏻
Thank you, amazingly refined and informative content. Genuinely inspiring!
Great video! It's really interesting to see the process of overmoulding 3D-printed parts in a silicone mould. Everything is explained clearly, but it could use some music to add atmosphere. With music, it would be even more enjoyable to watch :)
Greetings from the Netherlands. I love your work, my compliments. I'm not sure if I understood you correctly but I believe you said something about your own silicone and your own resin. Did you formulate them yourself and have a third party produce them for you? Are you selling them yourself somewhere and if so, where? Thank you in advance for any answers you can provide and I wish you a lot of success with your ventures.
Have a drink every time he says "Workflow".
Super cool and beautiful!
love this man
Thank you man! 👊🏻
This is amazing work! Extremely detailed, and well explained.
I am wondering, dose the charger inside overheats? I know that wireless chargers have a tendency to produce a lot of heat
Amazing work. Makes me want to mold and cast something :)
Who or how is this video color grading done? Just so so spot on!
Thanks! I do all the filming, grading and editing, so I appreciate the compliment! I shoot on the BMPCC6K and edit in resolve. For grading I use a PowerGrade from Juan Melara that emulates the look of Kodak Vision3 500T 5219 for the camera negative and Kodak 2383 for the print film stock, then grade accordingly from there. I also use his BMPCC6K to Alexa within this PowerGrade workflow. Hope that helps and thanks for watching!
@@RTAFabrication Wow thanks for very detailed answer, I truly appreciate your effort! This really enlightens the process how quality like this is created!
Great content, are you going to try the neckog injection molding machine?
It would be intresting to see a comparison between the processes
Not having an adjustable angle seems like it would drive me nuts, and the steep angle that you’ve settled on makes me think glancing at the phone sitting on a desk for example might be a bit awkward.
I’ve had issues with silicone not curing in contact with resin print, did some small testing and found it worse around residual/uncured resin. in the end i switched to a polyurethane. haven’t looked back.
Wich PU Product did you use? PU Rigid from formlabs?
Been following you on Instagram but this is the first time I realised you had a RUclips, fantastic viewing! Especially as I’ve just started experimenting with some silicone. Do you plan on releasing any other hardnesses of your silicone or just 28A?
un flipe de canal! que disfrute
The quality of your videos and your work is insane, is this your full-time job?
Thanks man! Yeah I started RTA about 10 years ago, mainly in the automotive industry however I’ve been exploring making other non-automotive components recently. This shift is what made me start this personal project and filming these videos. Thanks for watching!
love your videos keep it up
Hi! I found the process of vulcanizing silicone upon contact with resin very intriguing. Could you explain how this happens? And could it be related to the use of mold release spray? I tried that with a standard resin and the silicon didn't cure.
Looks really good. Have you tried it with the updated MagSafe charger from apple (with the braided cable), I hope they are the same dimensions?
I admire your cleanliness. You clearly are a perfectionist and you take this very serious. What baffles me though is how much time you sink into this project. This is a phone stand. It is basically a glorified triangle. I understand your perfectionism won't allow you to rush through this, but I feel like you should tackle something bigger than this.
I also feel like you are overthinking this. It's nice that you show these creative ideas in mold-design, but on the other hand this is absolutely over-engineered. Also your design is just not good enough to validate all this extra effort during manufacturing. I think you should simplify.
Thanks I appreciate the time you put into commenting and watching the video. I understand your points, and there’s many reason for doing things the way I have and why this appears to have taken so much time.
This started as a personal project as something fun for me to do alongside making my pre-existing automotive products and custom work I do. It was an outlet for me to be able to do something creative without any constraints or contractual deadline, while also trying out methods I’d always wanted to try but never had the application for with client work. Between these videos I’m doing client work, custom work and fulfilling my automotive product orders. I’m assuming from a public facing perspective it looks like this is the sole project I’m working on and it’s taking me weeks/ months to get to the next step if you track it by upload date.
This project was also something I thought would be enjoyable to document, giving me the opportunity to share things I’ve learnt over the past decade doing this, as well as try those methods I’ve always wanted to try. This gradually turned into something I’d potentially release due to how many people have asked for them, but that was never the initial goal.
Maybe I haven’t made the point clear in the videos that I’m a one-man operation, and what may appear to be over engineering mould designs and unnecessary steps are actually steps to front load the work before ‘production’ to make the workflow infinitely easier with minimal friction or setup for every step moving forward. For example, if I wanted to scale to a point and have multiple matrix moulds active simultaneously and didn’t put the work in to create the shells and master that I have done, I would have to clay-up the master, brush silicone on in several layers, layup fibreglass to create the shell, then do the same process for the other side to complete just one single mould. There’s so much labour and materials involved in that process, every single time. The steps to creating more moulds in this case is simply print two shells, prep them and fix them together with 6 machine screws. It makes making new mould and multiple moulds so much easier. I’ve put myself in a position so many times over the years where I’ve had one mould for a product and every time it expires or a large order comes in I can’t even start the order until I’ve made another mould and had to put all that labour in. With this method of front loading some labour there so little friction involved moving forward. I’ve never once said that this method is the right way, I’m very careful of that because I know from experience that everyone works differently and this is just the method for me that alleviates my personal pain points in making components.
I completely understand your points, and I’m likely to blame for the optics on this, maybe I’ve not given enough context to the reasoning behind certain decisions. The goal really is to have fun creating something alongside my work, in this case it just happens to be a phone stand, have fun filming, trying new things and if the content or methods are helpful to anyone at all then that’s a win. Thanks for your input and I appreciate you watching.
I did it and after removing the product from the mold, it was not very solid and a bit sticky. Can you show me how to do it? Thank you.
Your resin was still sticky after removing it from the mould? If you can give me some more info like what resin, what silicone etc I right be able to help with it. Thanks for watching the video
@@RTAFabricationThanks for your feedback, I use transparent Polyester Resin.
superb.
Thanks!
Is there any value to adding a strain relief to your cable?
Does heygears have a proprietary slicer? Or do you use lychee or something else?
Dude I'm sorry to write this but I fell asleep while watching this video. I really liked your style, especially the video footage but your voice is as calm as my history teacher (or maybe i just was sleepy, idk)
I don't know if it's your accent, but you keep saying "silikin". A common confusion with that material is *silicone* vs *silicon* (usually pronounced "silikin". Sili*cone* is the rubbery material you're using, sili*con* is a pure element that's primarily used as a base for transistors which forms the heart of all electronics technology we currently use.
You may already understand this and my understanding comes from your accent, but I like to point it out when I hear it nonetheless because there are absolutely people that don't understand the difference.
Can these air traps be fixed with pulling a vacuum in the mould and literally sucking the resin in?
when i try to make silicone molds with 3d printed parts, the silicone reacts with the printed mold, how do you work around the problem?
I'm surprised you didn't put weights in the bottom of the stand too.
How do you decide where to put the outer ribs in the mold?
The ribs are kind of dictated by the openings through the shell as opposed to actually being calculated. There is some calculation to an extent to ensure the flattest area is covered, especially across the longest length, but it’s mostly made up of offsets of the opening and then joining those together. Thanks for watching!
Is there no way to add a vent hole through to the 3d printed tube to equalize the pressure when you use the pressure pot?
what type resin is this? The black one?
Working in a phone stand as if it’s a spaceship, months of complex descriptive work. Hope it’s worth it 😂
The purpose isn’t necessarily all about the phone stand, initially this was a personal project, it’s about putting time into filming processes to share any information that might be helpful for others. As I mentioned in the video, I’ve been doing this work and filming between making my other automotive products, so I’ve been working on these free-to-consume RUclips videos as and when I’m able to.
How you do anything is how you do everything; I like to treat everything like I’m building a spaceship. Might even build a spaceship next. Thanks for watching.
i know the ecosystem of the heygears is super locked down but would adding black dye to the resin f**k up the resin parameters?
I’m not sure you know. I know they do their CMYK resin set where you can mix your own, which might potentially be the best option as it’s still within their ecosystem. Although, since you’re unable to change any settings like exposure etc, it may introduce issues. I’ll have a chat with support about this and see what they say. My preference is always black resin so a workaround would be great!
Молодцом!
Thank you!
Is that printer in your house? And do you not have any ventilation for it? because the vapour is poisonous…
No I run the business from an industrial unit. There’s ventilation in the office (the room with the printers in). Thanks for watching!
Never made or used a mould. By 5 minute mark, totally lost. 2D diagram didn’t do it for me. But, I’ll continue.
Why aren’t there any multimaterial resin printers with multiple resin baths and a wash when changing materials
Hoeger Canyon
couldn't you just make a open air access so that there was no locked in air in the channel
Yeah that’s exactly the solution. It’s one of those things that after I’d published the video and continued using the mould I was like “of course that’s the solution”. I think even drilling a hole at this point through the silicone and shell will solve it rather than having to completely remake everything!
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Easy decision
Now to rip through your post history
Thank you for the support and the sub! Really appreciate it man!
@@RTAFabrication Already shared this video to several 3D printing forums and friends.
Easy recommend, fantastic work.
Awesome film here mate! My only comment is speed it up.. its 24mins long which is a very short info video, but with your pace it feels longer than that. Fast = easy and intuitive, Slow = professional and serious depends on what target you have, but the latter tend to get less consumption that the first one. But for me I love it! everything's perfect, from the print quality to the videos themselves, again, awesome!
I know that voice from a certain faceless channel :)
Which one...I'd gladly watch anything by this guy❤❤
@@johnaart nvm, I have mistaken his voice for the guy that runs MOSFET channel... my bad
i didn't think it was possible for someone with that many tattoos to be such a huge nerd. no offence
Ginger too!
Haha none taken at all! I quite like the disparity between the two.
First !? :)
Appreciate you man! 🤘🏻
Sir, can you make a video tutorial on how to export a file from Fusion 360 into a 3D printable file in the best possible way with good file quality to print 3D?