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palmer6strings: I suppose you could try it however you want... I'm not trying to say you can't do it your way. Just sounds more difficult to me lol.

wiggy: --- Quote from: Arseen on September 28, 2013, 03:26:44 PM ---Would it be too hard to make Xbox 360 style buttons with embedded letters? --- End quote --- Way more work than I'd want to put into it. WAY more. --- Quote from: Arseen on September 28, 2013, 11:16:48 PM ---I was thinking like pouring tiny bit of resin then embedding the letter and then filling the mold. Wouldn't that work? --- End quote --- Where would I get the letters from?  I'd still be stuck makin a 2nd set of molds to create the letters, which puts me right back into the "giant waste of time" zone. --- Quote from: Arseen on September 29, 2013, 02:04:17 AM --- --- Quote from: palmer6strings on September 29, 2013, 01:23:11 AM ---Do you mean like taking a letter cutout and sticking it in clear resin? Then sticking the mold together to lets it dry? If that's what you mean then I would just say no because you would have a high chance of the letter migrating when you put the mold together and it drying sideways/crooked/upside down/etc... --- End quote --- Basicly yes, but I was thinking even simpler hand casting that only uses one mold. Pour bit of clear resin, let it set a bit, then carefully using tweezers embed the letter in correct position, then continue pouring colored resin carefully using needle and syringe. If I looked at the Wiggy's buttons correctly the look solid so no need for other side mold, right? --- End quote --- Everything that Palmer said and illustrated is spot on. No way to do it with one mold. In fact, Palmer's method is a lot simpler and would require fewer molds that your method.  The Molds are 2-sided. The buttons have indents and whatnot on the bottom that need to be present for the button to work correctly. I fill in the cavities just because A) they aren't needed and only served to save material, and B) if I'm going to make clear buttons, then they look far better without the empty cavities ;) This is what I would need to do in order to make 360 style SNES buttons: • CAD model the lower half of each button (the white part with the embossed letters). • Have high resolution prototypes produced (my printer will NOT print these at a usable resolution). • Make molds from said prototypes (2-piece). • Make a 3rd half mold for the over casting (the colored bit that would finish of the part). On top of that, the likelihood of me pulling a good, full set from those molds would be quite slim. It's really tough to get 100% air bubble free parts when casting, especially on this scale. About 15-20% of the parts I cast end up in the trash for this reason. The smallest bubble can ruin an entire part. Not to mention that I'm back to mixing 5+ colors to make a single set.  No thanks.

Arseen: --- Quote from: wiggy on September 29, 2013, 01:23:41 PM ---Where would I get the letters from?  I'd still be stuck makin a 2nd set of molds to create the letters, which puts me right back into the "giant waste of time" zone. --- End quote --- Would letter printed on clear plastic film work instead?

Arseen: --- Quote from: wiggy on September 29, 2013, 01:23:41 PM ---On top of that, the likelihood of me pulling a good, full set from those molds would be quite slim. It's really tough to get 100% air bubble free parts when casting, especially on this scale. About 15-20% of the parts I cast end up in the trash for this reason. The smallest bubble can ruin an entire part. Not to mention that I'm back to mixing 5+ colors to make a single set.  No thanks. --- End quote --- Would running the resin slowly thru syringe lessen the likeliy hood of bubbles?

palmer6strings: --- Quote from: Arseen on September 29, 2013, 01:32:19 PM --- --- Quote from: wiggy on September 29, 2013, 01:23:41 PM ---Where would I get the letters from?  I'd still be stuck makin a 2nd set of molds to create the letters, which puts me right back into the "giant waste of time" zone. --- End quote --- Would letter printed on clear plastic film work instead? --- End quote --- Actually if you want to go that far, you could just get water slide paper, print out your letters, then put it on the buttons yourself. It wouldn't last forever, but you would get close to the same effect.

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