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I have an STL file of this ceramic keepsake made from the paw print of our family dog, who passed away earlier in the year. I want to: - fill in the hole (top center, it's on the original to hang it like a ornament) - produce a high resolution replica out of a precious metal What steps do I take? More info 👇
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Top hole can be fixed in an app called meshmixer. The easiest way would probably have it 3d printed as a wax model then investment cast with silver. Shapeways and materialize can do the casting process now. There used to be services that could print directly to silver with laser sintering but I can’t find them now
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Thank you for the information! Working on the meshmixer piece and exploring wax modeling -> casting Gonna get this thing done
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its probalbly not something that you can really do at home without a huge investment in equipment. if you have any questions let me know. You might be able to sand cast it but again, its a steep learning curve with a bunch of equipment needed
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I figured /makerspace had the higest concentration of knowledge regarding the workflow(s) that I could tap into on Warpcast. I needed to ask the right folks for help I have played with all kinds of sintering and lots and LOT and lots of specialty printers/deposition units
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Oh - I don't plan to do any of this on my own, I just need to identify the right service providers I can mess around in modeling and what not, and if I locked myself in a factory with the right equipment for a week I could fumble through it, but I don't have time for that. Just trying to get the right services!
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