Summary
This was my first time printing molds in TPU and pouring resin, so I've made some mistakes, and here they are so you can learn from them:
- Pyramid mold turned circular at the base
- Forgot to use any mold release (grease / oil) so it wasn't easy to remove the resin out of the molds - but I did it slowly peeling them off, and the molds didn't get destroyed in the process, so I can use them again. Except for the pyramid, it kept a bit of its circular shape. So if you want to print pyramid, my suggestion is to modify it around the base and give it a bit of a lip that will help it keep its shape, or perhaps make it a little thicker.
- Cone spread out just a tiny bit at the base after pouring resin.
- I put the straw flower at the tip of the pyramid, but I stuffed so much aluminum shavings that it wasn't even visible at the end.
The two round molds are the same - one was just printed larger, and that piece can be used as a coaster, while smaller one can be glued to the phone case, or have an eyelet attached so that it can be worn as pendant. In each orgone piece there's pointed quartz crystal with coiled braided copper wire, aluminum shavings, shungite powder, and some other crystals, like lapis, tiger eye, amazonite, jade, agate, jasper and such. Merkaba design was mixed in from this thing: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2618496
If you are new to orgonite - it's a great way to increase well being, protect yourself from harmful EMF, help plants grow, seeds germinate, wishes materialize, negative energy turn to positive, sky clear up - you get the idea. Here are some good resources to get you started:
- ChemBow Orgonite FAQ
- Orgonite Info
- How does Orgonite (Orgone Generator) work - video
- Orgonite Wiki @ Orgonise Africa
Of course, do your own research, just beware that there seems to be some censorship with orgone/orgonite, so use DuckDuckGo or Presearch for better results.
Print Settings
Printer Brand:
Creality
Printer:
CR-10
Rafts:
No
Supports:
No
Resolution:
0.08
Infill:
50%
Notes:
The flower of life was printed with Rose Red Silk PLA by Overture. It's not necessary to have it inside your orgonite. As far as printing TPU molds goes, it needs to happen at low speed - 30mm/s with wall speed at 15mm/s, smaller retraction distance (2mm), retraction speed at 20mm/s, and the resolution at 0.08. If you have experience with TPU, then of course use settings that you know work well with filament you have; for me these settings as recommended on some website worked better than my first TPU print that had bunch of stringing - these prints did not have that problem.
Source du modèle
