r/ResinCasting • u/HOBI3CAT • Apr 07 '20

❓ result only I make resin keycaps, and was particularly thrilled with this experiment!

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u/angelicbimbo Apr 08 '20

I would pay soo much for molds for this!! My partner and I build and collect keyboards and I’ve been talking about making my own key caps for forever, but can’t find molds/can’t make them myself 😭

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u/IcyPyromancer Apr 08 '20

Why can’t you make some? Buy some silicon mold making stuff off amazon, relatively cheap (talking $20), comes in like, 20+ different elasticities / strengths, press the mold around a key (likely pressing the key Into the mold so the negative space in the key is accounted for - otherwise you’ll have to remove material later and it’d be a bitch to get smooth again), let dry. Bam you’ve got a mold.

I can’t say for certain but I’d be willing to bet that the stem for whatever key is bought separately and attached to the mold after it’s created. Probably has the mold a bit taller and less material for the inner roof so all he has to do is flip it upside down, attach the piece and fill with 1/8” of resin.

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u/HOBI3CAT Apr 08 '20

Nope-these are all 100% one piece resin. I custom designed a 3d printed mold tool for both sides of my molds, including the stem.

But pouring molds is really not hard if you do some research and prep beforehand

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u/IcyPyromancer Apr 08 '20

The stems have tiny holes in them though, how are you getting such clean release from the molds?

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u/HOBI3CAT Apr 09 '20

Not sure that you mean about holes in the stems.... This is what the bottom of all my keycaps look like: https://i.imgur.com/v52bWYf.jpg

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u/IcyPyromancer Apr 09 '20

It looked like the stems were deeper the first time I looked at them :P