Now thats the molding silicone i need ^^ e3d hotend cover

Now thats the molding silicone i need ^^

e3d hotend cover

Did you put any kind of release on the plastic?

@Daniel_Kruger Well no ill try without first :wink:

What kind of silicone did you select?

what did you end up using?

@Tom_Keidar
Its moldingsilicone for TinMolds. 350°C+ and reaaaally runny :wink: Got it from ebay (germany)

@Tom_Keidar Any silicone made for making casts for tin or other low melting metal is fine. They are made for up to 450°C and are very viscous. I’m german, so I don’t know the exact brand you should choose in the usa, but google with the information given should work, too :wink:

@Daniel_Kruger You don’t need one, if printed in ABS or PETG. I don’t know about PLA…

And scrolling through this thread: http://forums.reprap.org/read.php?252,584458 and just downloading any provided STL should show you some of the best casting molds the german sub-forum came up with :slight_smile: Especially the one of user “dolphhund”.

@Tom_Keidar its from ebay BUT here is the website of them: http://www.trollfactory.de

If provided this link by @VolksTrieb , than I recommend the red one. I did also some postings about exactly this stuff: http://well-engineered.net/index.php/en/component/tags/tag/9-silikon

@VolksTrieb @Rene_Jurack thanks guys - i’m actually from israel and not the u.s, we have plenty of local sources for these types of stuff but it’s pretty hard to get for a hobbyist - the prices would be extremely high.
so my suppliers are basically ebay or aliexpress… so thanks for the links guys :slight_smile:

to get 2020 extrusions (getting them from abroad was too pricey in terms of shipment) i had to ask a cousin who works in construction to get one of their aluminum contractors to help, plus side was they had a pretty decent amount of 45mm length of 30x30mm aluminum square profiles - i got about 20 of them (for my 2nd machine - corexy).

i’ve made some TPE vibration dampeners for my printer, which work extremely well (inspired by @Rene_Jurack 's molded feet), and this mod seems like it could offer better temperature stability while using stronger cooling - which means i can print even faster (doing ~120-150mm/s on my i3 currently).

I’d love to see pictures of it installed. I’m thinking about adding one to my hotend.

@Daniel_Kruger
No need for a release agent at this size. Despite the rough surface.

How is it working out? Improvement?

Well the model is not that good.need to redesign it a bit. The burls on the silikone are in the way somehow