Vice Metal Casting from 3D Printed Patterns

**MetalDesigner** · Apr 17, 2016, 06:57 PM

Collaborated with SuperDave to make 3D-Printed patterns to create Metal Castings for a Small Workshop Vice ... and some other items.

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I will update this Post after have finished machining the castings ... Aluminum, Brass, and Cast Iron

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For the long Story & Lots of Photos Click this Website Link:
https://ctmprojectsblog.wordpress.co...nted-patterns/

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The Short story is 3D-Printers are basically toys right now, but there are some things you can do with them like making patterns for Sand Mold Metal Casting.

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Created the designs with SolidWorks CAD software ... then Split the patterns ... and added alignment holes ... and then converted the files to .STL ... and then 3D-Printed the patterns.

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SuperDave cast some of my part designs and some of his part designs.

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It might take me a while to machine all these castings, but I am looking forward to the practice.

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We draw the pattern designs in SolidWorks and then 'Centroid' Scale-Up the patterns to account for cooling 'shrink' of whatever metal going to cast them out of which works very well to create accurate dimension final castings.