Rotational casting machine

An extra curicular activity for my education Industrial Design at the Technical university of Eindhoven.

The following link refers to the instructable on how to make the rotational casting machine.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-A-Rotational-Casting-Machine--For-Under-...

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Education

Tags:

• rotocast
• rotational casting
• rotocasting

[joecrazy7319]

Could you tell me where the gears and chain came from?

[gicks87]

@joecrazy7319

the gears and chain were bought at a regular bike shop.

[chahueto]

@gicks87 can this work with metal instead of wood? i have some molds that are pretty big they weight about 50 to 60 lbs with out the plaster.. or do you think that just by using thicker wood will work?

[gicks87]

@chahueto Metal should be fine, but you might want to use some bearings for the rotating parts. Also make sure that the machine is balanced, it will make the rotating a lot easier.

[lantzn]

@chahueto

Look up Stelter Creative here and on the web. They have a heavy duty yellow metal one (very expensive to buy). See how it's built from their pictures. This will give you an idea how to apply bearings.

[waterstofperoxide]

heb je er al iets mee gemaakt?! :D