A Bag Of Tricks: Squish Casting, Vacuum Casting, Radial Cut Mold

[@pashaveres4629]

Really appreciate that instead of merely showing off your considerable wisdom and experience, your mastery, that you take ME into account, the little guy, who may not have a table saw. And who has just cardboard. I have very little experience, but after watching your videos I feel like I could tackle anything. Thank you for a wonderful channel. Aloha

[@JS-vk7ek]

WOW, that's one hell of a thumbnail title!!

[@innis22]

Thanks!

[@kaioken654]

I like watching the process like in your older videos, where we see you mix the materials and all that. I imagine your trying to cut down on long drawn out videos but I always enjoyed watching you make the stuff and put it all together rather than a tutorial.

[@speedandstyletony]

2:17 looks like a wild modern art sculpture!

[@anon_y_mousse]

If you tape it up with clear box tape, plain paper works fairly well too. Not the sturdiest, but serviceable.

[@SeanBrown22]

Great video and another reason to stick with the cup mold haha. Thanks for the reminder to just use what’s available!

[@Jkauppa]

that one is in the books

[@Armoredattacker]

Love your attention to detail. And how much you reiterate the fact if you cut corners for this sort of mold you will still end up paying in time that will easily dwarf any time/material saved

[@nicolafiorelli1319]

lol @7:27 thoes arms arranged that way look like the damned from hell 😂

[@RandiRain]

The only reason I go ahead and cut the mold into two, is that I use my molds until they can't be used no more, and they're hanging together by a few molecules. By then they would have already torn apart any way.

[@inktrooper.]

I kinda wanted to see the assembled figures. I know this shorter easier-to-bite videos are the result of that poll you did awhile ago (and I suppose you are saving content for your patreon). I respect whatever you want to do with your channel, but I do miss the complete project style you got before. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@RobertTolone]

I changed my videos for two reasons: First, there aren’t as many people who want to watch a long video. By the end only 25-30% are still watching. In a 5 minute video 60-70% watch the entire thing. So you can get the same view/hours from a short video as from a long one. KZbin pays us for watch time. (not much $ 😭) Second: It takes a surprising amount of time to make a video. For me it’s about 20-30 hours to make a 5 to 8 minute video. 40-60 hours to make a 15-20 minute video. It’s not a hobby, it’s my job. A short video pays me about the same as a long video for half the work. Finally, I don’t put video content on Patreon. There it’s mostly behind the scenes pics and whatever-is-going-on-in-my-life posts.

[@inktrooper.]

@@RobertTolone Thank you for your explanation, you had zero obligation to reply and you still did it. I really appreciate it. It's sad people can't be bothered to watch anything longer than 30 seconds nowadays and I do understand you have to adapt to not overwork for the same pay. As I said I respect the way you manage and create your content, of course you know better! I'm just glad I can ride along and watch a new video every friday, thank you for sharing and I hope you can reach more and more people so KZbin would pay you the big bucks! Cheers Robert!

[@phils_arcade]

Great video as usual. Wanting to do silicone moulds but have very deep, slim, holes and have issues getting it right. Practice and all that :)

[@RobertTolone]

Holes are difficult to form using a mold. My rule of thumb for holes is that they should never be deeper than the diameter. Narrow deep holes are drilled in the castings, not cast with a mold.

[@phils_arcade]

@@RobertTolone I know. Thanks for replying. Been experimenting, rather badly. The diameter is 8mm and depth 20mm. It's to be cast in a red translucent colour, so drilling is difficult as the walls are only 0.8mm thick. Thinking a more solid form of mould, but I'll just keep experimenting. Do love the videos by the way. Very informative.

[@MarkATrombley]

If you were to take the squish mold and slowly force into a mold box as you were filling it would it work? So stick the mold 1/2" into the box, pry the top part apart, fill a bit, push it another 1/2", pry the top apart, fill a bit, etc. You might be able to use rubber bands instead of a box.

[@karlh6692]

Can you please do a video that teaches the best way to remove bubbles from clear epoxy resin? My friend is struggling to get rid of them.

[@unicornaddison]

Excellent videos and I've learnt a lot from them!! 👍👍 Is it alright to show us how to cast silicone into silicone molds please? For example replicating a little silicone action figure? Thanks a lot!! 🙏🙏

[@levinebette15]

I can’t believe how big these are compared to yours!

[@revol_000]

2:16 Haha this looks like a creature straight out of John Carpenter's The Thing

[@someuser4166]

Is there any way to make the figure out of silicone / rubber ?

[@r.vancil129]

I'm learning a lot! Have you ever done a doll head with an attached breast plate? I'm getting to understand making molds for simpler shapes but for the life of me I can't seem to come up with a mold solution that makes sense. I hope you will do this one day.

[@vault9263]

Great video--but I have a question, where did you find the Preiser Adam and Eve figures? I've only ever managed to find them on ebay, and then only in the smallest sizes. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks

[@artistsbloc4946]

Robert, do you vacuum and then pressure cast the cup mold?

[@RobertTolone]

I vac the rubber then pour the mold. I never put an original model under vacuum or pressure. That’s because it may have voids inside. Also because it is not necessary.

[@artistsbloc4946]

@@RobertTolone Thanks for the info. I appreciate your videos a lot.

[@AxDhan]

00:40 is that a jojo pose?

[@opieshomeshop]

I like seeing how he does things, but you have to understand something.. This is HIS method for molds, and it isn't how everyone does molds and resin pouring. I've made a lot of molds and resin parts over the years and I've worked in shops doing high production off of RTV molds and doing cut molds is his thing and it's not everyone's. If you're going to learn this, you should research every method for doing RTV molds. In the last 40 years, I never once made a cut mold. I hardly never made sprues or air vents. And I never made temp mold boxes. My mold boxes were custom made to each mold and stayed with the molds for the life of the mold. I started with wood and graduated into making mold boxes in aluminum and steel welded and machined. All I'm saying is, look into ALL methods and find what's right for you and don't just stick to his methods here and then ignore everything else.

[@RobertTolone]

Exactly right! Industry pros don’t need my channel. It’s aimed at hobbyists making small objects like toys, candles, figurines, game pieces, etc. Every mold must be designed for the project. So there are an infinite variety of mold designs. Which is why the channel motto is: Whatever works for you is the right thing for you to do.

[@KirssarGames]

the thumbnail reads so wrong 😭

[@RobertTolone]

Oh, it kinda does, doesn’t it! I’ll change it.