I started this journey with making a small wooden split pattern but couldn’t figured a good way to do my logo and the text. Sometime later I got a Aldi 3D Printer.
So I downloaded Fusion 360 and got to learning on the fly and 3D modeled my anvil with draft.
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First print using sample filament that came with the printer hence color changes as it ran out.
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I printed a whole bunch more for economics it’s cheaper to have 8 in a mould than individually ram each one up.
Had a fixed flask dimension and had to try to work out how many I could fit into the flask and where the sprue, runners, gates etc would be.
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I sprayed all the prints with high build spray putty and hand sanded them all back with wet n dry paper. I didn’t want any of the print layers showing through.
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I drew up a template for the flask and drilled the location pins.
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The match plate all rammed up gives this sand mould in the flask.
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After pouring in bronze.
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