Post #568632 by danlovestikis on Mon, Dec 13, 2010 3:08 PM

We are teaching ourselves how to make molds. I think we have all the supplies as of today. We are going to make molds of four items before we attempt to do the decanter. I will post the making of the decanter mold here and the other molds on my crafts thread.

Here are photos of trying to put together an aluminum sided mold. We may do wood but finding C clamps that work is hard. We bought more today that may do the trick. Wendy

Careful, when you remove the tape from around the roll it explodes and unrolls all the way. I was prepared but it was like a bullet across the space.

Very sharp edges.

I measured where I wanted the corner and put the sheet between two boards.

I pushed it against a flat surface to bend.

Tin snips to finish for an L shaped piece.

Put them around your bottom board and secure with a strap.

I forgot to take a photo of the small paper clamps that I put around the top to hold the aluminum in place.

After all of this I decided that using laminated boards are better for big molds and this method is better for mugs and smaller items. We will start again tomorrow using boards. Wendy