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    3D Printed Rings

    I've been playing lately with modeling and 3D printing jewelry. I am not usually wearing rings, but it seems I enjoy designing them...
    Ring 1
    Ring 2
    Ring 3

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    I also decided to add two of the rings for Myminifactory contest so they can be downloaded from here:

    https://www.myminifactory.com/users/car3less
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    Rings

    Quote Originally Posted by car3less View Post
    I've been playing lately with modeling and 3D printing jewelry. I am not usually wearing rings, but it seems I enjoy designing them...
    Ring 1
    Ring 2
    Ring 3

    (I don't know why adding attachments doesn't work)

    inel grasshopper.jpg
    Programs: Rhino & Grashopper
    Printer used: Form1+ and Form 2


    I also decided to add two of the rings for Myminifactory contest so they can be downloaded from here:

    https://www.myminifactory.com/users/car3less

    Have you made any rings from castings that you printed with the printer.
    I think there are some people making cast to make molds for making metal rings.

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    Have you made any rings from castings that you printed with the printer.
    I think there are some people making cast to make molds for making metal rings.
    did you actually look at the three pictures ?
    Each one was thr original print as well as the metal casting.

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    How did she get the metal ring out of the casting?

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    ask :-)

    But I would say, cast it in metal and clean it up. You know, the usual way.

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    I have seen people mill cast with the X-carve from casting material but not a 3d printer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by spaceman View Post
    Have you made any rings from castings that you printed with the printer.
    I think there are some people making cast to make molds for making metal rings.
    How do you get the metal ring out of the 3d printed model. Do you make a mold from the 3d printing and then pour into
    that mold. Ive seen people mill on cnc cast but not on 3d printer.

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    Very cool stuff.

    I took a basic jewelry class in high school, did a little bit of casting, brazing, stone setting, etc. I never really had the desire to go back to it though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by spaceman View Post
    How do you get the metal ring out of the 3d printed model. Do you make a mold from the 3d printing and then pour into
    that mold. Ive seen people mill on cnc cast but not on 3d printer.
    She's printing the ring as a positive model, not a mold. (No, you can't pour hot metal into a plastic mold.) But using a version of the very old lost-wax process, she can pour a plaster-silica material all around the model, bake it in a kiln until the plastic vaporizes, and fill the resulting cavity with metal.

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    Sounds cool. Interesting. I have seen people make a sand mold for clay potery.

    Do you have pictures of the steps used to make things this way.
    I might want to give it a try sometime

    Thankyou
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