Mold making and casting - total newb here

[Jonitus]

Does anyone here have experience in mold making and casting? I have in my possession some parts I would really like to replicate in case they get damaged, and I don't know anything about mold making.

[xwingband]

Go to your library and get Thurston James': The Prop Builder's Molding and Casting Handbook

I have it as a reference and it comes off as a 70's textbook, but has good information. It might serve as a good reference where a simple text reply might not.

[virus692]

Here a link I dug up when I was looking but the James book might be better.
http://www.gbproject.com/plans/mctut/index.html
Best of luck
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[Jonitus]

Thanks for those. I'll give a look and see what I can do. Hopefully I can pull this off, because the parts I have are amazing and more of them must be made!

[987654321a]

If you want I could post a tutorial for you. If you dont mind me asking what parts do you want to cast?

But anyways like xwing said, go get that book. I learned most of my stuff from it.

[Jonitus]

If you want I could post a tutorial for you. If you dont mind me asking what parts do you want to cast?

But anyways like xwing said, go get that book. I learned most of my stuff from it.

I'm not ready to spill the beans on what I have that I want to cast. Let's just say the saber building community will thank me when I get them done.

[ArkaiHalon]

and we look forward to this mystery.

[987654321a]

OOOOH! i know what your making....wait i dont know... damnit.

[Jonitus]

I looked through the sources and decided that I am not willing to mess around with mixing chemicals in my shop. No thanks. I know what's in that stuff, and I don't want to bother with it.

Does anyone know of small run mold making shops that could do a small run of parts for me?

[Hasid Lafre]

What about that guy that made the resen/metal molds of the sidious hilt that X got?

He might be abel to help you out.