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Lost PLA Metal Casting Documentary

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3DTOPO

Lost PLA Metal Casting Documentary
May 06, 2013 11:12PM

Registered: 11 years ago
Posts: 19

We recently published a complete documentary of the process I use to transform a 3D printed PLA part to a machine ready aluminum alloy casting:

[www.thingiverse.com]

Please let me know if you have any questions!

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gunko

Re: Lost PLA Metal Casting Documentary
June 06, 2013 04:43PM

Registered: 11 years ago
Posts: 1

I recently watch your video on Lost PLA casting. It was very exciting! I am new to both 3D printing and metal casting, however, I have a desire to do both and I am willing to learn. What are the tolerances produced by your PLA printing to final casting? For instance, I am interested in casting some tools: wrenches mostly. If I were print a 1/2 inch wrench how accurate would the 1/2 be in the final cast product?

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kirkram

Re: Lost PLA Metal Casting Documentary
June 17, 2013 10:35PM

Registered: 11 years ago
Posts: 6

I watched the short version. That was cool. You made the CNC machine also? What do you plan on doing with it?

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RedMD

Re: Lost PLA Metal Casting Documentary
January 11, 2015 11:58PM

Registered: 9 years ago
Posts: 4

3DTOPO,
Thanks so much for your video. I recognize that video was a lot of effort and I've been looking for something like this to get me started. You mentioned reading an intro book in your video. Any suggestions on books worth reading would be appreciated.
Thanks again

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3DTOPO

Re: Lost PLA Metal Casting Documentary
January 12, 2015 12:05AM

Registered: 11 years ago
Posts: 19

One of the most complete and trusted that I know of is the US NAVY Foundry Manual:

Online free here:

[www.hnsa.org]

You can buy it print from Amazon. I am sure there are many "backyard casting" books on Amazon too.