◆ Mold library
Printable casters for silicone resin molds: coasters, keychains, pendants, earrings, bookmarks and a rolling tray.
Epoxy resin grips a bare 3D print and copies every layer line, so almost every design here is a caster: you print it, pour a flexible silicone into it once, and cast resin in the silicone as often as you like. The silicone gives the piece a smooth, glossy back and peels away without a release agent. The few rigid two-part molds say so on their card.
Coasters and trays want a deep-pour epoxy in one go or a coating epoxy in thin layers. Keychains, pendants and earrings have a post that leaves the hole open, so there is nothing to drill afterwards. Pop the bubbles with a quick pass of a heat gun and leave the resin at least 24 hours before you demold.
Each download is a zip with the printed parts, a print sheet and the silicone amount the tool measured. Every design was made with a free generator, so the same tray can hold a shape of your own.
Questions
Only with a release agent, and even then the resin copies every layer line and can bond to the print. For a smooth, glossy piece, pour a silicone mold from the printed caster and cast resin in the silicone instead.
A platinum cure (addition cure) silicone of about Shore 20A to 30A. It is flexible enough to peel off a coaster and gives resin a glossy finish. Tin cure silicone works but wears faster under epoxy.
Mix slowly, pour in a thin stream from one corner, then pass a heat gun or a lighter quickly over the surface a few minutes after pouring. Warming the resin bottles in warm water before mixing makes it thinner and lets bubbles rise faster.
Yes. Drop any STL into the free tray mold maker, switch it to the flexible silicone tray and it builds the caster for you, with as many cavities as fit.