Monday
Apr122004
First Working Prototype Mold
Monday, April 12, 2004 at 11:54PM
After a few test molds we decieded to mold one of our pretty green pcb's.
Since we were trying to get a nice curved surface on the top we let the casting resin sit before we poured it.
Well... 10 minutes was a little too long. The resin harded while it was pouring from the cup leaving a stream of resin in between the cup and the mold.
After some quick cleanup to seperate the two we mixed some more resin and finished the rest of the mold. But, the final product had some imperfections.
Additionally, when the casting resin hardened it must of seperated a solder joint to one of the pads because two of the segments on the right LED display don't work .
But, i suppose the first prototype was destined to get messed up a bit.
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