How to fix your futon! (Mold making tutorial for simple parts)

Hello Makers and Crafters, Puppet-masters, Greater Creators and Theatrical Fabricators!
Welp, I broke my bed and now I need to replace a weird, highly specific part before I can get any rest!
So, here it is, how I made a mold and cast a duplicate part.
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[@nc3328]

Duuuuude....I so appreciate and admire your skill - but it will be wayyyyyyy easier for me to pay the $28 than to even come clossssse to attempting this mold!!!!!! 🍂✌️😆🍁

[@DavidTamang]

I need to get one of these parts for my wife's broken futon! Do you have a part number you can share, vendor that sells them?

[@Mr_BUSINESS_24_7]

Can you cast one for me ?

[@ordnanceant2254]

Good job, we can buy 2 of these in the UK for £10 made from Nylon so not worth making them but your video is interesting and you produced a pretty good copy. What type of resin/plastic did you use?

[@GeahkBurchill]

It's a urethane. The video was more about mold-making using the excuse of a broken futon to talk about techniques and understanding how molds work to make mass-produced parts.

[@shelleyewing7162]

What website can I use to order these?

[@benherron]

😂 i just 3D printed 4 of these for £7.50. Broke the original screw out and melted it into the end. Admittedly it’s PLA vs nylon, but i cant see it breaking again for a while.

[@shelleyewing7162]

Where can I buy this?

[@ndreaD]

OK, say I have the part? Now what? Is there a video for how to actually replace the part on the futon?

[@GeahkBurchill]

I do actually show a bit of how I fixed the futon toward the end of the video. Not any different from if I had the actual part.

[@shelleyewing7162]

Can you make me 3 of these I'll pay?

[@GeahkBurchill]

Ha ha, maybe. I do still have the mold. I’m kinda swamped right now with too much work though. You can contact me through my website, www.geahk.art if you want.

[@AzogDefilerFromMordor]

A futon is a padded mattress. Why its this video about some mechanical part of couch?

[@GeahkBurchill]

Azog Defiler It’s a folding futon couch but the point of the video is about the mold making. The futon couch is just the excuse to show how to make a simple two-part mold.